ROUND 1 MATCH 8
It’s a silica showdown of #Quartz vs #Opal!
It’s a classic crystal vs an amorphous exception, a utilitarian beauty vs a precious gem, the staple silica vs its hydrated kin. Both beloved for their beauty and variety, but only one continues in #MinCup2022!
Vote!
It’s that most beautiful time of the year! 32 minerals from common to esoteric are competing, each with unique reasons to love it above all others.
But only one mineral can be crowned #MinCup2022#champion.
Daily votes start 12:00 UTM on September 1st.
Check out #ANUexpert John Mavrogenes on @4corners tonight 8.30pm talking to @AngusGrigg Replayed 10th May 11.00pm & 11th May 10am. Why powering a green future means more mines #RSESrockstar https://t.co/GCqMHAQmSt @ANUmedia
It has come to my attention that some of you don't immediately recognize the bone-chilling horror of being close enough to read the words on this cobalt-60 source.
Standing 1 m away from this for 5ish minutes would give you about a 50% chance of dying within in a month or two
The end of a week-long, political circus - all avoidable had Morrison not issued #Djokovic a visa in the first place. He then tries to look like a hairy chested Howard: ‘we decide who comes here, nobody else’. Meanwhile hospital crisis off the front page. https://t.co/6TNj4Pz9Hl
I really hate Morrison and his crew but this just happened at our front door and I can’t stop crying, PLEASE SEND THE ELECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE #auspol#lnpcrimeparty#lnpcriminals
✅ Secondary mirror deployed! But there's little time to pause and reflect.
Teams will ensure @NASAWebb's tripod structure is latched before beginning its final major milestone this week: full deployment of the space telescope's honeycomb-shaped primary mirror.
Sorry for the shade, @NASASun, @NASAMoon & @NASAEarth! But you're just not cool enough 😎
Now fully deployed, our sunshield blocks your heat & light so that our mirrors will be able to detect faint heat signals in the universe: https://t.co/mggJkh6swO #UnfoldTheUniverse
The paradox of our Golden Age of science: more research is being published by more scientists than ever, but the result is actually slowing progress! With too much to read & absorb, papers in more crowded fields are citing new work less, and canonizing highly-cited articles more.
#MinCup2021 FINALS
#Quetzalcoatlite vs #Tourmaline
This is it, the moment you've been waiting for. For the past month you've been voting and eliminating minerals, and you've now whittled it down to two: a newcomer and a collector's favorite.
Defend your champion, and vote!