The startling white #Quartzite of #Holyhead Mountain. Composed of almost pure #Quartz, this rock was quarried to create the 1.7 mile #Breakwater. For more than 150 years, resilient #Quartz has provided a safe harbour for shipping, enabling travel and trade. #MinCup26 #TeamQuartz

A #haiku for #Quartz

Still time to vote! #Quartz #MinCup26

Less than 2 hrs to vote! #MinCup26
I was conflicted because #cuprite is so neat but imo #quartz deserves it more. Useful, everywhere, and beautiful in so many different forms. Plus I love crystals with inclusions :)

And since quartz & cuprite can form together a vote for quartz kinda lets both win!

Astonishing #Quartz! #MinCup26

C'mon Quartz! I refuse to believe that cuprite can close the gap on #quartz!

#Haters gonna hate
You can't change that. #MinCup26 People in this #Tournament have been hating on #Quartz before the beginning of this competition actually. 😑You can learn interesting & fun facts about all competitors here & you can #Vote as well 4 #Quartz 😁😉 go here @mineralcup.bsky.social

You want some interesting *facts* about #Quartz OK take a gander at the below post. #MinCup26 #TeamQuartz #QuartzDeservesThis
And while you are reading some extremely interesting facts about Quartz , you can vote for it at @mineralcup.bsky.social

#Quartz #TeamQuartz #MinCup26

Quartz was the original inspiration to start #MinCup, and (anecdotally) it's an inspiration for many kids to fall in love with the big beautiful world of minerals.

#Quartz has done a lot for us! And so, the least we could do is cast our final vote for this abundant—and abundantly stunning!—mineral.

Sure, and the smarty-pants multilinguals among us appreciate all that, but you know, the multilinguals of Thunder Bay, Canada have the extremely rare naturally green #Quartz prasiolite! 🇨🇦
Fans of Canada, vote your hearts in #MinCup26!

Vote #Quartz for #MinCup26!

Vote #Quartz for the #MinCup26 final!
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Shocked #Quartz is one piece of evidence that helps identify large impact areas, like the one left by Chicxulub asteroid. The quartz crystals develop a series of parallel laminae, called shock lamellae that indicate deformation, or breakage of the crystal along multiple, parallel planes.
#MinCup26

*squints at picture of dark, vulnerable cuprite nestled against strong but brittle quartz*

Wait is this some mineralogical Heated Rivalry action going on here??

(team #Cuprite 💜 team #Quartz)