Round 1 Match 6

Voting for each match starts at 06:00 GMT and runs for 24 hours. Any votes received after that time will disappear into the void, having no impact on the results chart. Please vote only once per match. Your honesty is appreciated (as is your patience). While we could enact anti-cheating measures, we’d rather make the game as accessible as possible and trust our players to not ruin their own fun.

Fan Campaign Highlights

We see you campaigning for your favourite minerals! Here’s some highlights we caught across the social media platforms we’re monitoring. Please tag us or send a note if you think we missed an educational, hilarious, or catchy campaign moment.

Minerals don’t always follow our strict definitions separating organic and inorganic chemistry. There’s magnetite teeth, calcite eyes, mineralized guano... Microbes assist Cu’s reaction with guano. I’m voting for the sparkly copper ammine, #Ammineite

🧪⚒️ #DoNotLick 🤮 #MinCup24 https://t.co/ru6elyEvq6 pic.twitter.com/knZbc6ebH2

— dee gardner 🛣️ 🏔️🌊 (@glacierpique) September 7, 2024

Another toughie. Artist wife quick to say #Dioptase is used in great art from antiquity. Though #Ammineite is a beautiful blue & found in Bat Guano, which of course was Keenan Wynn's name in "Dr. Strangelove." If I don't vote for Bat Guano will I have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company? #MinCup24

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— Martin Hajovsky (@martinhajovsky.bsky.social) Sep 6, 2024 at 9:32 AM

#Ammineite it is for me, I am fascinated by minerals that have an organic / biological origin... And this forms because of cupper chemical interaction with bird poo :D :D

— Pieter Bots #BLM #transrightsarehumanrights (@P_Bots) September 6, 2024

#Dioptase 3 different ways pic.twitter.com/ZxdrLJpunn

— The Meaning is: Where Life exists, Life persists. (@MadestThouLook) September 6, 2024

Secondary copper silicate #Dioptase forms excelent crystals. Unfortunately, its quite rare and limited to arid climate. Check more in our overview:#MinCup #MinCup24https://t.co/CbTp5R9zcc

— MineralExpert.org (@mexporg) September 6, 2024

Now it’s time to recruit more players! Chat in the comments or on the social media platform of your choice (tag us and use #MinCup24 when you can). Everyone deserves to learn more about minerals, choose favourites, and enjoy.

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