#TeamPretty
A #teampretty vs #teampoison matchup for the ages. I am truly torn, love an aluminosilicate... but that Heavy Metal is just so good. #MinCup26
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 2
It’s a match of opposites as heavy metal toxic #Skutterudite is up against the colourful sparkly aluminum silicate jewelry gem #Vesuvianite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
#TeamUnderdog #TeamPretty #TeamPrettyUnderdog ? Definitely #TeamVesuvianite Vote for #Vesuvianite because it is pretty and awesome and needs the votes! #MinCup26
#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 2
It’s a match of opposites as heavy metal toxic #Skutterudite is up against the colourful sparkly aluminum silicate jewelry gem #Vesuvianite.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
September 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
ONCE AGAIN I AM ASKING MY FOLLOWERS TO VOTE DIOPTASE
#MINCUP25 Qf4

In a naked display of partisan bias, todays choice is #dioptase

#teamgreen
#teampoison
#teampretty
Dioptase has it all.
Let's go!
More pics below.
September 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OOooooooo! Pretty!

#TeamPretty
August 31, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Go with #TeamPretty! (Thx @tunstallsghost.bsky.social)
Just look at these gorgeous black crystals! #BlackIsBeautiful!
#VoteStibnite!
#MinCup23
September 18, 2023 at 2:44 AM
I’m trying to find cool and persuasive facts to share about kyanite, but not being a geologist, I don’t know if any of those compare well to calcite.

I will say this: #TeamPretty 💙 #VoteKyanite for a predictably expandable mineral (There, it’s useful, are you happy now??)

#MinCup23
September 27, 2023 at 5:16 PM
I'm going to have to go for #stibnite for this.

It's gorgeous!

And besides, who doesn't love an underdog?

#TeamPretty
September 18, 2023 at 1:37 AM
WELL WELL WELL.
FOLKS, Call to action!
In ANOTHER naked partisan effort to get Dioptase to the top spot, and win the whole thing.

Lets go #MinCup25
#teamgreen
#teampoison
#teampretty
#teamcopper
#teamhistory

Dioptase checks all the boxes and looks stunning while it does so.
#votedioptase
September 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#MinCup25 Quarterfinal!

Lets get excited for Qf R1!

#teampretty has already chosen #Haüyne, and I expect #teamblue to join them to advance this mineral.
Reliable #hematite has some really fun formations. #teamblood is on this one and so is #teametal.
Lets shake this up!

Pics below.
September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Apparently I am on TeamPretty! So #Sphalerite for me this round.
September 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
#Goethite was named about Goethe. And per wiki: Evidence has been found of its use in paint pigment samples taken from the caves of Lascaux in France. Poetic AND historical! ::swoon::

But my heart calls out for pretty Topaz! I'm sure Goethe would have understood.

Vote for #Topaz. #TeamPretty
#MinCup23 Round 1 Match 6: It’s a pair of classics as sparkly & hard #Topaz crosses reliable & rusty #Goethite

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaig...

Results: www.mineralcup.org/results/roun...

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September 6, 2023 at 4:30 AM
bat poop has no business being this pretty, but it *IS* so i'm with #teampretty on this one. #ammineite gets my vote for this round of #mincup23
Bat poop! Bat poop! Bat poop!
September 22, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Poison or strength?
I'm firmly #teampoison and #teampretty so it was prousite all the way for me.
September 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM