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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!
A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Did I miss #caturday
A very close up photo of a black and white cat, including one eye, half the nose, and some whiskers. The photo has been altered in a photo editing app to create colorful shadows and highlights.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport #photography
A pink lily on a reflective black surface
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
A black and white photo of a calla lily on a reflective surface
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spooky murwolf the wereduck 〓〓🏳️‍🌈𓅄✊🐺🪄🎡 @murduck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Noooooooooo! How could you?! Smithsonite will never win with a photo like that! It's so beautiful, with the most wonderful blues & rounded forms, & you post that beige?! I feel Smithsonite has been thrown out before it had a chance, and on the first day! Better photos. It could have had a chance!
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#smithsonite will always be in my heart (metaphorically) because it's about to lose in round one :(
A large light blue hunk of smithsonite, displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#MinCup26 I hit a paywall trying to verify a search result, but it appears #Smithsonite is super important for paleoclimate research. So leaning toward voting for Smithsonite. I ❤️ minerals that help answer questions regarding deep past. And present. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Supergene Non-Sulfide Base Metal Deposits
Supergene non-sulfide deposits comprise rocks with elevated concentrations of Zn, Cu, Pb and, to a lesser extent, Ag and V. These are formed by the oxidation and mobilization of metals from sulfide mi...
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Smithsonite is in the bracket this year!!!
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#FlowerReport #BloomScrolling
A long green spike comes out from an outer structure which is green outside and dark maroon inside. The flower is in a natural looking setting of trees and other vegetation.A red hibiscus flower stands out in the middle of a blurry green background.A very pale yellow flower with many slender petals is blooming at the top of a cactus, with rows of yellow spines on a dark green stalk.A small group of Venus flytraps are in focus with a bed of Venus flytraps behind.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#FlowerReport
A red flower with yellow center on a green background Pink and white striped orchid in a pot, with blurry leaves in the background Two pink water lilies with green and brown mottled leaves floating on the surface of dark waterA deep pink water lily with green leaves floating on the surface of dark water
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Had a dream last night where I compared Mayor Bowser to Greg Nickels to her face. Apparently I have snow removal related trauma. This is an extremely niche skeet.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Don't get jealous but my cat has a nighttime routine where he lays on my chest and purrs and I pet his cheeks and fuzzy little head.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Not sure how I'm gonna handle new Dimension 20, Worlds Beyond Number, and Critical Role all in the same week. Do I have that much free time?
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I am poaching apples in apple cider and my house smells delightful
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
And since today is Thanksgiving, the gallbladder-friendly menu: Chicken (no skin) Maple roasted butternut squash Wild Rice with cranberries Cranberry Sauce Poached Apples with cool whip
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
T minus 13 days until I have my gallbladder out. I have a small list of things that I *really really* miss eating, but this morning I woke up and remembered Big Salad Lunch will be a thing again. I'm so excited.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Apparently my millennial inheritance is a W-2 from Hollywood Video.
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
michael? peter.
Page from fox in socks by dr seuss. Drawing of weird little four legged bugs with faces. 
Text reads:
What do you know about tweetle beetles?
Well
When tweetle beetles fight, it's called
a tweetle beetle battle.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Have minerals you want to see run in #MinCup26? The nomination form is open! www.mineralcup.org/nominations
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Nominations — Mineral Cup
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I also really loved this #Geothite. #MinCup25SideQuest
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I am stoked that #Kyanite won #MinCup25! I also got to see so many cool minerals at the Smithsonian that weren't a part of the bracket this year. #Smithsonite maybe takes the cake and I hope to vote for it next year! #MinCup25SideQuest
A large, shiny, bubbly, blue Smithsonite
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry
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Semi-feral Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#TeamPoison needs your vote! "Copper-rich #dioptase dust is toxic, leading to vomiting and liver or kidney damage if accidentally ingested." #MinCup25
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Go vote #Tugtupite!!!
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Nadine, Hunter of Rocks @nadwgab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Team hematite! Because sometimes it forms an ominous orb. Hematite is well known for its botryoidal (lumpy, grape-like) habit #minerals #MinCup25
A dark brown hematite hemisphere with reddish tint and smooth surface with curving lines. It's sitting on my nitrile gloved hand.

From the Natural History Museum, London's collections.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I don't boil them first when I pan fry and they come out golden brown and delicious!!
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Either #mannardite has no votes or the results are glitchy :( I don't have either #cuprosklodowskite or mannardite, but I do have the #radioactive minerals display from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History! #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
10 samples of radioactive minerals on public display. They range in color from brown to greenish to bright yellow.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Smithsonian has a bunch of #kyanite! A lot of it is cut like gems but there is also this cool tall piece. #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
5 pieces of kyanite, the one on the left is tall and rough. The other four are much smaller and cut into rectangular gems.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 7: It's high-pressure #kyanite against deep-space #taenite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 2 Match 7 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Taenite Photo credits: Harold Moritz
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
For #carpathite vs #tugtupite I don't have photos exactly but I want to share the florescents display! #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
The lights are turned off and a UV light illuminates neon green and oranges in a collection of florescent minerals With the lights on, this display looks like a basic collection of grey and brown rocks.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#MinCup Round 2 Match 4: It’s a battle of mineralogical oddities as organic mineral #Carpathite battles against vs #Tugtupite, a mineral that looks like reindeer blood! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 2 Match 4 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Carpathite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: Michael Roarke
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I promised a closer look at this #baryte if it moved on to Round Two and I keep my promises to this self-imposed side quest. I would love to hear how professionals would describe the flaky layers and speckling. I'm sure "halva" isn't the right comparison? #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
White flaky-looking layers at odd angles with dark specks throughout
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 3: It's a heavyweight match between industrial powerhouses as soft #baryte competes against rusty red #hematite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 2 Match 3 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Baryte vs Hematite Photo credits:
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
How is #stibnite losing??? #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
Two samples of stibnite, on the left is taller with dark grey/black columns and on the right is shorter, covering a brown rock like a bed of moss.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 2 Match 2 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Stibnite vs Perovskite Photo credits: Gianandrea Ghirri and Enrico Bonacina
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you! Still feeling well enough to pun, so that's a good sign!
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Mental health is still rocky but improving. I haven't yet been back to the museum, but! I found #haüyne a couple of days after its first match and grabbed a photo. Round TWO!! #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
A very neat gray rock with the middle kinda hollowed out and crystals growing inside!
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 1: It's a pair of striking blue beauties as #pectolite the uncrushable faces off against #hauyne, the phoenix from volcanic ashes! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Also the world's smallest(?) kyanite. There are more of these too, so whichever moves on will get brand-new photos for Round 2. I'm not gonna post over the weekend, I hope everyone has a great one. #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
A small 3.7 carat, blue gem cut kyanite.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Posting Round 1 Match 13 early because I need to spend time away from social media, but these are REALLY good ones! So much #Topaz! There is so much topaz and I'm a sucker for gems. #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
A large gem cut, light blue sparkling topaz. 146.4 carats.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 12 Just #zunyite today! I think this is the best mine name I've seen yet. Someone tell me if I should look again for #molybdenite but I don't think it's on display. #MinCup25SideQuest
A white rock with some darker pointy crystals near the top center. The sign includes the name Zuynite, the chemical formula and "Electric Meatball mine, Quartzite, Arizona"
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 12: It's the visually-unmistakable #zunyite vs the physically funky #molybdenite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 12 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Zunyite vs Molybdenite Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution
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Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Team #titanite today even though thortveitite seems like a good mineral. Titanite has a cute and identifiable shape in thin section and its name tells us right away it has titanium in it. Though I admit that its old name of sphene is more fun to say. #MinCup25
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
After finding #titanite I thought my luck was going to run out, but #thortvietite was waiting in a display near the back of the gallery. #MinCup25 #MinCup25SideQuest
A small club shaped rock. That seems like an inelegant way to describe it but it's the best I can do.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 11 I was so stinking excited to find BOTH of today's minerals at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. #titanite is displayed in this gorgeous circle of cut stones (and there's more if it moves on!) #MinCup25SideQuest
Yellow-ish gems of varying sizes are mounted and arranged in a circle
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 11: It's a pair of T-minerals with as versatile #Titanite faces off against the home of rare earth elements #Thortveitite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Check results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 11 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Titanite vs Thortveitite Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
And #MinCup25 Round 1 Match 10, #wavellite I am loving the habit of the crystals in this, looking like rays coming out of a star! #MinCup25SideQuest
This piece of wavellite has a seam running horizontally with some round crystals protruding off the face. In the face around the spheres, there are rays.
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Catching up on #MinCup25 Round 1 Match 10, sneaking in under the wire! Contender #dioptase with a two-for-one sample sale! Both beautiful deep green crystals! I'm a fan! #MinCup25SideQuest
Two dioptase pieces, on the left is a dioptase with wulfinite and on the right is just dioptase. The crystals of both are small and deeper green in person but almost blue on camera
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 9: It’s a battle of green vs blue as rare-but-vibrant chromium-bearing #kosmochlor up against the deep blue copper alteration mineral #azurite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 9 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Kosmochlor vs Azurite Kosmochlor photo credit: The Met Museum. Azurite photo credit: Harold Moritz
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Second Geeses @secondgeeses.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Bonus because I couldn't find kosmochlor I didn't realize that #talc could be so pretty!?
This piece of talc is roughly rectangular, a little longer than the size of a credit card. The color is a very pretty icy/pearly green.
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