#pyromorphite wins with me #mincup26
@corgiseveryhour.bsky.social
@corgiseveryhour.bsky.social#pyromorphite wins with me #mincup26
@bkania.bsky.socialI am accepting bribes KIDDING😄 I have neither of these in my #mineral collection I would like to have both. Sorry #Pyromorphite, #Graphite received my #Vote for this last quarter final. The very persuasive #Muse got to me. #MinCup26
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@crystallised-cricket.comhummm... I really hope that #pyromorphite gets through to the semis - cuprite, quartz and halite (all through so far) are all on the boring structure side. (on the plus point perhaps I get get my 6-year old niece to help me make models of them all) #MinCup26
@crystallised-cricket.comHave shifted timezones so a little out of sorts - but looks like a tight one in the last #MinCup26 Quarterfinal. #Pyromorphite vividness comes from its phosphorus atoms, I love how they tuck into the crystal structure. That gets my vote today over boring #Graphite.
@mexporg.bsky.socialClassic bright green #Pyromorphite specimen from Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, China.
@tanterei.bsky.social"The fungus Paecilomyces javanicus, particularly in combination with phosphate-rich bird poop, can clean up lead-contaminated soils by locking up metallic lead as pyromorphite."
I'm sorry, but graphite (or graphene) has NOTHING on this use. Lead removal is the defining factor for me - #pyromorphite
@warriorchicken.meThis one was hard for me, and at the moment I voted, I tipped for lead remediation. So #pyromorphite got my vote, despite my debt of gratitude to graphite for so many things
@tkirkm.bsky.socialI'm voting #Pyromorphite today, because of the fact that it is a stable lead mineral that is the product of fungi, bird poop and lead-contaminated soil! Vote for heavy metal remediation!
@gawenjenkin.bsky.socialI did however find my own #pyromorphite sample - but had to go all the way to Drygill in Cumbria to find it.
@mineralcup.bsky.social#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 4
We're coming down the end! Are you supporting lead-locking #pyromorphite or ancient #graphite as we enter the semifinals.
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@gingergeologist.bsky.socialI have an apatite for minerals
#pyromorphite
@bowtiediene.bsky.social#MinCup26 The fact that #pyromorphite can lock up lead (Pb) has earned a vote from me. Wish we never put lead in gasoline or paint (what were we thinking?!).
@mexporg.bsky.socialClassic brown #Pyromorphite from Friedrichsegen Mine, Bad Ems, Germany.
#MinCup26 #MinCup #mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert
@mexporg.bsky.socialUncommon type and color of #Pyromorphite from Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China.
#MinCup26 #MinCup #mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert
@clairecopperman.bsky.socialIt looks like a green sea urchin and can clean up lead-contaminated soils? No contest, I'm afraid: vote #Pyromorphite in today's #MinCup26
@eos.orgAnother #MinCup26 matchup, another contender that looks like a mineralized version of a marine creature.
This time it’s #pyromorphite that gets our vote with an admirable impression of a spiny sea urchin.
@xenolith.bsky.socialThe child is playing Oz in the school production of The Wizard of Oz so it has to be #Pyromorphite. #MinCup