#MinCup24 MATCH 9: #Rhodochrosite versus #Turquoise
Are you wearing rose-colored glasses, or are yours sky blue? In today’s celebration of color, only you can choose.
rhodochrosite
#MinCup24 R3M3: #Rhodochrosite versus #Calcite
Although both are carbonates, rhodochrosite is the pink contender, with specimens reminiscent of raspberry jello or bacon rocks. Calcite can masquerade as fried chicken, cave bacon, pork stone, and fried egg stalagmites, and has over a thousand crystal forms.
Choose!
VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r3m3
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#MinCup24 R4M1: #Perovskite versus #Rhodochrosite
Perovskite has a flair for high-profile environments, found in the rain in brown dwarf stars, in volcanic fumaroles, and in kimberlite pipes rocketing from mantle to crust. Rhodochrosite’s crystals can be the palest blush to the darkest blood red, and can form rhombohedral and scalenohedral crystals, rosettes, blades, and massive and botryoidal crystals
VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r4m1
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#MinCup24 R5M1: #Rhodochrosite versus #Kyanite
Rhodochrosite, also known as Rosa del Inca and Raspberry Spar is a distinctive pink-to-red carbonate that is a mix of utility and charm. Kyanite, while famous for being blue, can be a wide variety of colours, often zoned and sometimes pleochroic.
VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r5m1
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#MinCup24 R2M4: #Rhodochrosite versus #Quartz
Rhodochrosite began Mineral Cup 24 to the rallying cries of “Meat rock, meat rock.” Will voters once again sink their teeth into this appetizing rose-colored delight? Or will quartz’s resistance, piezoelectricity, and myriad of varieties, colours, and forms, weather this battle to continue to the next round?
VOTE: https://www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r2m5
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