Perfection!
Perfection!
Trey Yesavage is savage tonight! Let's go Blue Jays!!
Thanks MinCup for all your efforts with these final votes while we're all here just waiting for the result
HALLOWEEN NAME MATCHMAKING THREAD 2025! π
Having trouble coming up with a Halloween username? Ask for help in this thread and Bluesky's classically trained name artisans may generously weigh in!
It's down to the final two in #MinCup25! Despite being on the wrong side of most matches this year I'm sticking with a new favourite mineral in #tugtupite
CANADA π¨π¦ π FOR THE WIN
Canada womenβs @RugbyCanada take down juggernaut New Zealand 34-19 to advance to the World Cup Final.
Itβs the Black Ferns first World Cup loss in 11 years and their first loss in a knockout match in 34 years.
www.cbc.ca/sports/rugby...
I'm 100% team #taenite. As a main component of iron meteorites I've studied, taenite is more than just a cool space metal. It's nickel composition and presence in WidmanstΓ€tten patterns can indicate the size and cooling rate of the asteroid core it came from! #MinCup25
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 13: It's a battle of high-pressure colourful beauties of #topaz vs #kyanite. Which can stand the heat of round 1?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1m13
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results/r1m13
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 9: Itβs 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...
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 7: Itβs a pair of often-overlooked classics as potassium feldspar #sanidine competes with iron ore #hematite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
This new #JWST of stars being born just dropped, and it is GORGEOUS
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 5: Are you ready for beautiful utility as sparkling #Silver competes against hefty #Baryte?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
I can't turn my back on #calcite a mineral I spent several years researching. Round 2 definitely needs calcite in it! #MinCup25
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 3: Itβs a battle of the blues with #HaΓΌyne vs #Jeremejevite. Are you into the fluorescing phoenix or the pleochroic & piezoelectric gem?
VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Check results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
One of my favourite things about September is participating in the Mineral Cup! Yesterday's vote went to pectolite. Today it is a vote for stibnite. #MinCup25
The truth is here! Best news I've seen today, I need this X-Files LEGO released now π½
He's back!
Joe Canada delivers updated I am Canadian rant.
globalnews.ca/news/1106729...
Strange case of the 2024-25 #Oilers, they're either Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
When geology + Trek collide = my happy place
When it's cold, and there's nothing you can do about it, you might as well freeze some bubbles! Start planning more to make sure you have #BubbleMadness ingredients!
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
- Dress Warm!
I haven't been very active on socials recently but I'll see what's going on around here