RE: https://mastodon.social/@MineralCup/117300422731472297

ngl I'm voting #Stichtite to get back for what happened to #Asagiite (also, it's kinda cool in its own right—just like asagiite!)

#MinCup26
#JusticeForAsagiite

After a full audit triggered by the extreme disparity between campaigning vs apparent votes, #Quartz won by a margin of 2 votes over #Asagiite.

Please don’t ballot-stuff. #MinCup26 is about about joy, curiosity, & shared enthusiasm. Forcing a win is unfair to the minerals.

I'm super pulling for #Quartz this year, but the beauty of #Asagiite also can't be denied. #MinCup26

While I am team Quartz I have to admit that #Asagiite is pretty darn cool.

DONT CHEAT

#Asagiite is able to win on its own merits!

Just over 4 hours left and #Asagiite is surging ahead of #Quartz

Today it's #Quartz vs the newly discovered #Asagiite 😻 Sorry for the new #mineral but quartz makes the #clocks tick that remind our humans to serve us breakfast, lunch, dinner & the other meals & there are many.
#DoesItCat ? Yes
#MinCup26 #geologwithcats #geology

It’s interesting.

The vast majority of #MinCup26 campaigning is for #Quartz with just a handful for #Asagiite across platforms. Asagiite’s is mostly focused on novelty and aesthetics, while quartz’s supporters are covering physics, art, prehistory, utility, & more.

Yet the votes are near-tied.

Just under 8 hours left on the clock and the margin is shrinking. #Asagiite is leading by just 15 votes over #Quartz

It’s a tight #MinCup26 match with just 40 votes separating our contenders and 9 hours left on the clock.

Are you supporting #quartz, a key mineral of childhood (and many adulthood) rock collections, or #asagiite, a newly-discovered oddity hiding in mineshafts?

That’s a hard no on quartz yet again

#Asagiite

#Quartz is still behind #Asagiite! After ten years and with all these beautiful colors it deserves at least the quarter finals! Vote #quartz!

#MinCup26 👩‍🔬🧪⚒️

Cone on. #Asagiite had its chances in recent years, this time I am with
#quartz superstar. I mean, piezoeletricity. I mean, helical structure. I mean, thermoluminescence. I mean, the memory of cosmic rays in Be-10 and Al-26. I mean, amethyst. Vote quartz! #MinCup26

I really didn’t think #Asagiite would stand a chance? Instead of being absolutely slammed, it’s in the lead and I’m feeling forlorn fine poor #quartz.

Quartz is legit cool enough I could write totally different themes every #MinCup26 round & still have leftovers.

I'm going with #quartz this round of #MinCup26. Even though it doesn't produce laser light, quartz IS a very important optical material. You can easily use it to make the windows and mirrors and lenses in your laser. Never met #asagiite, laser potential seems unlikely.

Based on the #MinCup26 picture, #Asagiite is prettier, but my favorite color is purple, and amethyst is a variety of #Quartz! I'm #TeamQuartz for this round.

#Asagiite takes an early lead!