April 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Making this year what I wanted to make last time but failed. A #MinCup25 sketchbook. 💎
Chrysotile X Pectolite.
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#minerals #mineralmonday
Chrysotile X Pectolite.
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#minerals #mineralmonday
September 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Making this year what I wanted to make last time but failed. A #MinCup25 sketchbook. 💎
Chrysotile X Pectolite.
Vote here: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
#minerals #mineralmonday
Chrysotile X Pectolite.
Vote here: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
#minerals #mineralmonday
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
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Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
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September 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
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You fools! YOU MANIACS!!! HOW can you pick Haüyne over Pectolite?!?! Pectolite produces its OWN LIGHT! Its CLEARLY far superior!!! #MinCup25 Thank you for this @chrisdoesrocks.bsky.social 😁
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September 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You fools! YOU MANIACS!!! HOW can you pick Haüyne over Pectolite?!?! Pectolite produces its OWN LIGHT! Its CLEARLY far superior!!! #MinCup25 Thank you for this @chrisdoesrocks.bsky.social 😁
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Nobody wants asbestos. Vote pectolite! #MinCup25
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
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September 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Nobody wants asbestos. Vote pectolite! #MinCup25
Super Larimar a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic Photo by: Georgios Chatziparaskevas
May 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Super Larimar a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic Photo by: Georgios Chatziparaskevas
#MinCup25 ROUND ONE MATCH ONE
Chryotile (white asbestos) v Pectolite
I know lots of people dig going for the one that will kill you, but my Lan clan sympathies bid me towards the beautiful pectolite.
no sign up required. GO CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Chryotile (white asbestos) v Pectolite
I know lots of people dig going for the one that will kill you, but my Lan clan sympathies bid me towards the beautiful pectolite.
no sign up required. GO CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
September 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#MinCup25 ROUND ONE MATCH ONE
Chryotile (white asbestos) v Pectolite
I know lots of people dig going for the one that will kill you, but my Lan clan sympathies bid me towards the beautiful pectolite.
no sign up required. GO CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Chryotile (white asbestos) v Pectolite
I know lots of people dig going for the one that will kill you, but my Lan clan sympathies bid me towards the beautiful pectolite.
no sign up required. GO CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
The dangerous mineral is always tempting, but the laramar variant of pectolite is too pretty to resist. So I voted for pectolite.
September 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The dangerous mineral is always tempting, but the laramar variant of pectolite is too pretty to resist. So I voted for pectolite.
I voted for #Pectolite and you should too!
Because #Chrysotile (ASBESTOS) killed my grandfather!!!
#MinCup25
Because #Chrysotile (ASBESTOS) killed my grandfather!!!
#MinCup25
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Chrysotile vs Pectolite
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September 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I voted for #Pectolite and you should too!
Because #Chrysotile (ASBESTOS) killed my grandfather!!!
#MinCup25
Because #Chrysotile (ASBESTOS) killed my grandfather!!!
#MinCup25
September 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@mineralcup.bsky.social
I voted pectolite.
Lovely texture, gorgeous color, complex structure, won't kill you unless someone throws a big piece at you.
#mincup25
#pectolite
I voted pectolite.
Lovely texture, gorgeous color, complex structure, won't kill you unless someone throws a big piece at you.
#mincup25
#pectolite
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@mineralcup.bsky.social
I voted pectolite.
Lovely texture, gorgeous color, complex structure, won't kill you unless someone throws a big piece at you.
#mincup25
#pectolite
I voted pectolite.
Lovely texture, gorgeous color, complex structure, won't kill you unless someone throws a big piece at you.
#mincup25
#pectolite
Larimar is gorgeous, and is formed in vugs (hollow cavities) in volcanic rocks, and it comes in all my favorite colors! Vote for #Pectolite!
A #Pectolite variety from the Dominican Republic is called #Larimar which is named for a combination of “Larissa” and “sea”, so it is *of course* one of my favourite minerals. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larimar
September 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Larimar is gorgeous, and is formed in vugs (hollow cavities) in volcanic rocks, and it comes in all my favorite colors! Vote for #Pectolite!
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Chrysotile vs Pectolite
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September 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As of a minute ago, pectolite is losing to haüyne.
Maybe if they spelled it pectölite, it would be doing better.
#MinCup25 #pectolite #hauyne
Maybe if they spelled it pectölite, it would be doing better.
#MinCup25 #pectolite #hauyne
#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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Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As of a minute ago, pectolite is losing to haüyne.
Maybe if they spelled it pectölite, it would be doing better.
#MinCup25 #pectolite #hauyne
Maybe if they spelled it pectölite, it would be doing better.
#MinCup25 #pectolite #hauyne
⚒️🧪 #Mincup25 begins! Let's start with a PSA:
• Please don't take a handful of fluffy stuff into a laboratory to ask for a microscope to see if it is asbestos. That tends to get people excited for all the wrong reasons. True story.
• Vote #pectolite because it isn't trying to kill you.
• Please don't take a handful of fluffy stuff into a laboratory to ask for a microscope to see if it is asbestos. That tends to get people excited for all the wrong reasons. True story.
• Vote #pectolite because it isn't trying to kill you.
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
⚒️🧪 #Mincup25 begins! Let's start with a PSA:
• Please don't take a handful of fluffy stuff into a laboratory to ask for a microscope to see if it is asbestos. That tends to get people excited for all the wrong reasons. True story.
• Vote #pectolite because it isn't trying to kill you.
• Please don't take a handful of fluffy stuff into a laboratory to ask for a microscope to see if it is asbestos. That tends to get people excited for all the wrong reasons. True story.
• Vote #pectolite because it isn't trying to kill you.
Pectolite NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.45 mm
#1548
NFS
#minerals
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.45 mm
#1548
NFS
#minerals
February 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pectolite NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.45 mm
#1548
NFS
#minerals
Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.45 mm
#1548
NFS
#minerals
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Pectolite from Těchlovice, Děčín District, Czech Republic
18 mm x 12 mm excl. box
6 gram incl. box
€ 8
#pectolite #silicates #inosilicates #techlovice #czechminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
Pectolite from Těchlovice, Děčín District, Czech Republic
18 mm x 12 mm excl. box
6 gram incl. box
€ 8
#pectolite #silicates #inosilicates #techlovice #czechminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
May 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Pectolite from Těchlovice, Děčín District, Czech Republic
18 mm x 12 mm excl. box
6 gram incl. box
€ 8
#pectolite #silicates #inosilicates #techlovice #czechminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
Pectolite from Těchlovice, Děčín District, Czech Republic
18 mm x 12 mm excl. box
6 gram incl. box
€ 8
#pectolite #silicates #inosilicates #techlovice #czechminerals #minerals #rocks #crystals #stones
I’m in a pickle and only have myself to blame as I voted for both #Pectolite and #Haüyne in the opening round of #MinCup25. I still love both, but I’m tending towards the one foünd düe to volcanic (vülcanic?) processes. I’m open to persüasion, büt the bright blü ümlaüt is speaking tü me right now.
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’m in a pickle and only have myself to blame as I voted for both #Pectolite and #Haüyne in the opening round of #MinCup25. I still love both, but I’m tending towards the one foünd düe to volcanic (vülcanic?) processes. I’m open to persüasion, büt the bright blü ümlaüt is speaking tü me right now.
#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...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#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...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
I voted for #Pectolite because (a) it (some varieties) is sky blue and (b) normal toxic minerals should be lick-it-and-die kind and not bring-your-jacket-from-work-and-everybody-around-will-die-it-terrible-way kind as for nasty #Chrysotile.
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I voted for #Pectolite because (a) it (some varieties) is sky blue and (b) normal toxic minerals should be lick-it-and-die kind and not bring-your-jacket-from-work-and-everybody-around-will-die-it-terrible-way kind as for nasty #Chrysotile.
#MinCup25 #R1M1
#Chrysotile or white asbestos versus #Pectolite: descriptions and photos to follow!
Let's go #Pectolite. It's my #rockoftheday!
(As a longstanding member of #teampoison, I have made a carve out for carcinogens.)
#Chrysotile or white asbestos versus #Pectolite: descriptions and photos to follow!
Let's go #Pectolite. It's my #rockoftheday!
(As a longstanding member of #teampoison, I have made a carve out for carcinogens.)
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 1: Hazardous (but useful!) #Chrysotile faces off against stunning gem #Pectolite. Do you pick the forbidden cotton candy, or the anti-pulverization beauty?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Chrysotile vs Pectolite
www.mineralcup.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#MinCup25 #R1M1
#Chrysotile or white asbestos versus #Pectolite: descriptions and photos to follow!
Let's go #Pectolite. It's my #rockoftheday!
(As a longstanding member of #teampoison, I have made a carve out for carcinogens.)
#Chrysotile or white asbestos versus #Pectolite: descriptions and photos to follow!
Let's go #Pectolite. It's my #rockoftheday!
(As a longstanding member of #teampoison, I have made a carve out for carcinogens.)
September 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A #Pectolite variety from the Dominican Republic is called #Larimar which is named for a combination of “Larissa” and “sea”, so it is *of course* one of my favourite minerals. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larimar
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A #Pectolite variety from the Dominican Republic is called #Larimar which is named for a combination of “Larissa” and “sea”, so it is *of course* one of my favourite minerals. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larimar