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@maiainmi.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:18 AM

#TeamQuartz #MinCup #MineralCup2026

Amethyst geode, a rough brown exterior with deep purple amethyst cystals inside, surrounded by white crystals.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 3:16 PM

Vote for halite. #StaySalty

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 10:34 PM

I went to the Cranbrook Institute of Science (Oakland County, Michigan) to look for minerals that are in #MineralCup2026. I found lots of quartz, which is winning today's match. I love quartz's infinite variety.

Irregular shaped quartz sample, mostly a pale brown crystal, with pink crystals on one side.Irregular shaped guartz sample covered in tiny orange crystals.Irregular shaped quartz sample, covered in pale yellow nodules composed of very tiny crystals. It looks fuzzy.Closeup of a large chunk of amethyst, covered in purple crystals.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 11:10 PM

I voted for graphite, but I'm having voter's remorse because I keep thinking about how cassiterite is tin and tin was really important in Roman Britain, my favorite historical time and place.

So if there's a last-hour surge for cassiterite, I'll cheer it on.

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:26 AM

Cassiterite — tin — its usefulness going back to ancient times.

Graphite — its usefulness going back to ancient times.

How to decide?

I just glanced up and noticed my desk lamp — the base is shaped like a pencil. So, I'll vote for the pencil mineral. Graphite it is!

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 12:34 AM

Riebeckite: curling stones and asbestos.

Gadolinite-(Y): rare earths and radiation. Also thermoluminescence.

Gadolinite seems to have a slight edge in Cool Stuff factors — but curling stones outweigh them. So I'm #TeamRiebeckite.

#MinCup #Mineralcup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 9:53 PM

"Do not lick" is always persuasive ("do not even breathe nearby" is downright compelling), but... SALT! This time I'm going with "Yes, lick!"

I have many reasons to be #TeamHalite, and one of them is that there's a giant salt mine underneath Detroit. How cool is that?

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 12:24 AM

Julienite may change color like Sleeping Beauty's dress.

But calcite is thermoluminescent and sometimes fluorescent. I've always liked calcite, so I'm totally #TeamCalcite. #MinCup #MineralCup2026

Closeup of a calcite sample, with brown-tinged white chunky crystals.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 1:50 PM

Seriously, gypsum looks like Dale Chihuly sculpted it. I love Chihuly's glass art, so I'm all in for gypsum. #MinCup #MineralCup2026

Glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly: globe of yellow spikes, sparkling around the edges from backlighting.Gypsum sample: A rough-textured brown globe with brown-tinged white spikes "growing" out of it.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 12:24 AM

I'm 100% Team Gypsum. It makes such weird and wonderful shapes. #MinCup #MineralCup2026

A sample of white crystalline gypsum, formed into spiky towers leaning in all directions. Fishtail gypsum, a whitish mineral shaped like a question mark with a base of translucent crystals.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 12:54 AM

Stichtite is purple. End of discussion.

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 11:20 AM

Seriously? Asagiite is beating quartz in #MineralCup2026? Do people not realize that amethyst is quartz? Vote for the purple! #MinCup

Amethyst crystals, purple with white highlights.
@maiainmi.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 12:36 AM

Sorry, Asagiite, but I'm completely Team Quartz, and not just because amethyst, my favorite gemstone, is quartz.

This is quartz. How could I not vote for it?

#MinCup #MineralCup2026

Statue carved from yellow quartz that seems to glow from within. It's a curly-haired, naked young man seen from the right. He's sitting with his knees drawn up to his chest with his feet crossed at the ankles. His arms are clasped around his legs and his head bent so his forehead rests on his knees. A cloth, part of the carving, is draped to cover his right hip.