Mineral Cup & Ore Cup

A heart made of feldspar minerals in a granite

Simbalito presenting the heart shaped minerals

Today: during #hedgewatch on #Fuerteventura we found this #granite that was greeting us with a #heart made of #feldspar - interior & rim are feldspar. The other #mineral's are #quartz & #mica.
We wish a wonderful Sunday
#PawForScale

#geologywithcats #geology #rocks #rock @mineralcup.bsky.social

Xocolatlite Probably related to kuranakhite.

So, we have not only a meat rock aka Rhodochrosite, but also a chocolate rock - Xocolatlite.

@mineralcup.bsky.social, can we have some food for next year? Well, this year already :)

#mineral #mineralnames

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Natalie holding the Mineral Cup trophy for 2025.

Natalie presenting on Tourmaline in the 2025 Denison Mineral Cup

Audra presenting on lepidolite in the 2025 Denison Mineral Cup

Natalie raising the Mineral Cup Trophy after dispatching Olivine.

Congratulations to the 2025 Denison Mineral Cup Champion: Tourmaline! Natalie dispatched Matt's Olivine in the Finals by a slim margin. Great job by all.

Ore Mineral of the Year Copper — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Native copper in a prehnite-lined vug from Michigan, USA. Credit: David M. Maietta

Introducing our #OreCup winner and IMA Ore Mineral of the Year, #COPPER!

Ore Mineral of the Year Copper — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Native copper in a prehnite-lined vug from Michigan, USA. Credit: David M. Maietta

2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate? Copper! Copper! Yay!!

Congratulations to #OreCup winner and IMA Ore Mineral of the Year #Copper!

Ore Mineral of the Year Copper — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Native copper in a prehnite-lined vug from Michigan, USA. Credit: David M. Maietta

Congratulations to #OreCup winner and IMA Ore Mineral of the Year #Copper!

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

Last call for the #OreCup finals between #Copper and #Molybdenite!

Vote:

My difficulty this time is they can both be art supplies. :/

#Copper is omnipresent nowadays, but I came around to liking #molybdenite more, so my vote goes to the dark horse of the race.

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

It’s the final hours of #OreCup. Did you vote?

#Copper has been holding on to an 8% lead most of the match. It’s a lot, but #Molybdenite could catch up.

What topics should we cover in the #OreCup victory post?

Which would Ea-nasir vote for? Show your work.

Ore Cup Players Survey — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup This is our first Ore Cup, our first week-long mini-cup, and our first collaboration with the International Mineralogical Association. We’d love to get your feedback on what worked, what didn’t, and…

Remember that the #OreCup final match between #Copper and #Molybdenite is running an extra-long 48 hours to catch weekday voters.

Twiddling your thumbs waiting? Give us feedback on our first mini-cup!

Ore Cup Players Survey — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup This is our first Ore Cup, our first week-long mini-cup, and our first collaboration with the International Mineralogical Association. We’d love to get your feedback on what worked, what didn’t, and…

#OreCup is our first mini-Cup and our first collaboration. Give us feedback?

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

#OreCup finals are between a pair of bewitching ore minerals that glitter and gleam. But only one can have your vote.

Will it be native copper or molybdenite? You’re running out of time to choose!

Vote:

correction from earlier post (about semi final 2 still!), it's native copper vs molybdenite in the final! easier one for me, much as I love copper minerals I'll go with the soft sulfide!

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

We’re in the final stretch of #OreCup!

Native #Copper is an ore so integral to our history that we named several eras after it and its alloys

#Molybdenite spent centuries tricking us into thinking it was something else entirely

Vote:

Whoops! Accidental jargon in our alt text. 😂

Not sure about ores or minerals but TIL about the word "vug". It's such a weird little word with such an interesting story

(the image on the left, with the copper, apparently depicts a vug, not to be confused with a wug which is not depicted on either of the images)

Vote then immediately fill out the player’s survey with a note in the Other section. We can crosscheck for you.

Veins of red lightning
Hammered into shape, an art
Practiced to this day

#OreCup #MinPoem #copper

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

It’s the #OreCup final between native #Copper and #Molybdenite.

What’s your favourite thing you’ve learned about ores this week?

Ready to vote?

Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz

#OreCup final match of native #Copper vs #Molybdenite is happening now!

Vote:

Results for Ore Cup Finals! — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup Live results for the FINAL MATCH! This match will run for 48 hours .

With 48 hours for the #OreCup final match, we just hit the halfway mark!

Have you voted?
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Do you need to campaign for your chosen fav?
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Will #Copper or #Molybdenum be our Ore Mineral of the Year?

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐

Canada knows copper is the best ore!

Did! #VoteCopper #OreCup
Not just pennies, copper has been a key part of history, a major player in world economics.
copper "manillas" in Western Africa, copper jewelry among the Powhatan and other Indigenous Americans, it's role was vital in the 17th century & before.

#Copper

Learning about Old Copper Culture in North America ca. 4000-1500 BC. I should know about this — born and living in Wisconsin — but apparently not covered in grade school or high school history classes.

So THANKS! #MinCup #OreCup #OreCup25

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Check out the array of Old Copper Culture tools and points hammered out of float #copper.

Float copper … almost pure copper ore carried from Upper Michigan to Wisconsin by glaciers.

#OreCup #OreCup25

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