Just sayin’
1. Arsenite is a group of minerals that have oxygen and arsenic like realgar & orpiment.
2. Arsenolite is a super-soft mineral that makes ridiculously tiny octahedrals.
3. Asagiite (with a double-i) is a rare lil weirdo of a mineral named for its teal-blue colour.
1. Arsenite is a group of minerals that have oxygen and arsenic like realgar & orpiment.
2. Arsenolite is a super-soft mineral that makes ridiculously tiny octahedrals.
3. Asagiite (with a double-i) is a rare lil weirdo of a mineral named for its teal-blue colour.
October 28, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Just sayin’
1. Arsenite is a group of minerals that have oxygen and arsenic like realgar & orpiment.
2. Arsenolite is a super-soft mineral that makes ridiculously tiny octahedrals.
3. Asagiite (with a double-i) is a rare lil weirdo of a mineral named for its teal-blue colour.
1. Arsenite is a group of minerals that have oxygen and arsenic like realgar & orpiment.
2. Arsenolite is a super-soft mineral that makes ridiculously tiny octahedrals.
3. Asagiite (with a double-i) is a rare lil weirdo of a mineral named for its teal-blue colour.
Despite their delicious candy appearance, the arsenic (or hydrous metals) put all of these firmly on the Do Not Lick list.
1. Arsenites red realgar (📷 Domenico Preite) & orange orpiment (📷 Dominik Schläfli)
2. Clear-white arsenolite (📷 Chris Emproto)
3. Teal asagiite (📷 Chris Emproto again)
1. Arsenites red realgar (📷 Domenico Preite) & orange orpiment (📷 Dominik Schläfli)
2. Clear-white arsenolite (📷 Chris Emproto)
3. Teal asagiite (📷 Chris Emproto again)
October 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Despite their delicious candy appearance, the arsenic (or hydrous metals) put all of these firmly on the Do Not Lick list.
1. Arsenites red realgar (📷 Domenico Preite) & orange orpiment (📷 Dominik Schläfli)
2. Clear-white arsenolite (📷 Chris Emproto)
3. Teal asagiite (📷 Chris Emproto again)
1. Arsenites red realgar (📷 Domenico Preite) & orange orpiment (📷 Dominik Schläfli)
2. Clear-white arsenolite (📷 Chris Emproto)
3. Teal asagiite (📷 Chris Emproto again)
October 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Congrats to the mineralogical king of planet Earth, the universal SiO₂! Better luck in future years to all the other competitors (asagiite deserves another go after that tooth-clenching 2-vote loss). Thanks for the fun, guys! Looking forward to next year. #MinCup26
October 2, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Congrats to the mineralogical king of planet Earth, the universal SiO₂! Better luck in future years to all the other competitors (asagiite deserves another go after that tooth-clenching 2-vote loss). Thanks for the fun, guys! Looking forward to next year. #MinCup26
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
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
mastodon.social
September 20, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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
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
Well I voted for asagiite just for a bit of variety, but I didn't expect it to be this dramatic!
September 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Well I voted for asagiite just for a bit of variety, but I didn't expect it to be this dramatic!
I was pulling for Asagiite but that's just sad that people break the honor code for this. I mean, WHY lol it's just a fun thing
September 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I was pulling for Asagiite but that's just sad that people break the honor code for this. I mean, WHY lol it's just a fun thing
Ugh. Yeah, I thought it was suspicious that quartz started off only a little bit behind and then suddenly asagiite was constantly leading by at least 70 votes #TeamQuartz #MinCup26
September 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Ugh. Yeah, I thought it was suspicious that quartz started off only a little bit behind and then suddenly asagiite was constantly leading by at least 70 votes #TeamQuartz #MinCup26
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.
Please don’t ballot-stuff. #MinCup26 is about about joy, curiosity, & shared enthusiasm. Forcing a win is unfair to the minerals.
September 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I voter for Asagiite, & I’d vote for it again! Quartz is establishment. Quartz made fancy campaign promises, but it the end it’s all the same: looking out for quartz-based minerals. Asagiite is new, it’s shiny, it’s the every-mineral candidate. The mineral cup deserves freshness. I demand a recount!
September 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I voter for Asagiite, & I’d vote for it again! Quartz is establishment. Quartz made fancy campaign promises, but it the end it’s all the same: looking out for quartz-based minerals. Asagiite is new, it’s shiny, it’s the every-mineral candidate. The mineral cup deserves freshness. I demand a recount!
I voted asagiite, too, but perhaps another year it will be in an easier bracket.
September 7, 2026 at 5:29 AM
I voted asagiite, too, but perhaps another year it will be in an easier bracket.
Holy monkeys, Batman! There were voting shenanigans in #MinCup26 ... but after the audit, #quartz eked out a win by two votes!
My friends, we only got beer and wine sales in my once-dry village's Circle K by two votes.
Oh, November is going to be rough.
My friends, we only got beer and wine sales in my once-dry village's Circle K by two votes.
Oh, November is going to be rough.
Results for Round 1 Match 6 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
After voting shenanigans that took far too long to untangle, Quartz defeated Asagiite by 2 votes.
www.mineralcup.org
September 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The mineral Asagiite, outstanding in the #MinCup2026 audit field (simulated)
September 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The mineral Asagiite, outstanding in the #MinCup2026 audit field (simulated)
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Everyone already knows about quartz. Visibility for asagiite!
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Everyone already knows about quartz. Visibility for asagiite!
September 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Asagiite has been 96–98 ahead all day. Weird how perfectly consistent it has been, considering almost no one is campaigning for it. But also, the idea of someone cheating at mincup is pathetically disappointing.
September 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Asagiite has been 96–98 ahead all day. Weird how perfectly consistent it has been, considering almost no one is campaigning for it. But also, the idea of someone cheating at mincup is pathetically disappointing.
Eagle head labret
(adornment for a lower lip piercing)
carved quartz crystal
c. 1450 CE
Aztec (Mexica) culture
Mexico
#handmade #carved #quartz #crystal #eagle #head #eaglewarrior #aztec #mexica #labret #piercing #eaglewarrior #precolumbian #ancientart #art #carving #mexico #mesoamerica #religion
(adornment for a lower lip piercing)
carved quartz crystal
c. 1450 CE
Aztec (Mexica) culture
Mexico
#handmade #carved #quartz #crystal #eagle #head #eaglewarrior #aztec #mexica #labret #piercing #eaglewarrior #precolumbian #ancientart #art #carving #mexico #mesoamerica #religion
September 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
Today I am gonna kick it old school and go for the ol’ stalwart, #Quartz
Sorry, New Kid on the Block, #Asagiite. You look really cool, but you seem really fragile and today I need something with dependability.
Today I am gonna kick it old school and go for the ol’ stalwart, #Quartz
Sorry, New Kid on the Block, #Asagiite. You look really cool, but you seem really fragile and today I need something with dependability.
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM
OOF THAT 2-VOTE MARGIN HURTS DUDE 😭 man I was hoping for asagiite but well... Good game, quartz. Good game. And much thanks to the Mineral Cup team for their work on that audit! #MinCup26
Sparkling Crystal Gems Collection
Alt: A GIF that switches between several different specimens of quartz crystal.
static.klipy.com
September 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
OOF THAT 2-VOTE MARGIN HURTS DUDE 😭 man I was hoping for asagiite but well... Good game, quartz. Good game. And much thanks to the Mineral Cup team for their work on that audit! #MinCup26
Quartz has such an important role in our world and has for centuries! Vote Quartz! #MinCup26
The gap was closer before but somehow (despite no visible social media campaign and little recognition or any application whatsoever) asagiite has pulled ahead again. Mystified.
The gap was closer before but somehow (despite no visible social media campaign and little recognition or any application whatsoever) asagiite has pulled ahead again. Mystified.
September 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Quartz has such an important role in our world and has for centuries! Vote Quartz! #MinCup26
The gap was closer before but somehow (despite no visible social media campaign and little recognition or any application whatsoever) asagiite has pulled ahead again. Mystified.
The gap was closer before but somehow (despite no visible social media campaign and little recognition or any application whatsoever) asagiite has pulled ahead again. Mystified.
Just under 8 hours left on the clock and the margin is shrinking. #Asagiite is leading by just 15 votes over #Quartz
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I'm going for Asagiite today. I love quartz, we all do, but it's time to show some love to the minerals that we don't see everywhere!
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 6
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust #Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago #Asagiite.
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm going for Asagiite today. I love quartz, we all do, but it's time to show some love to the minerals that we don't see everywhere!