I've been falling behind with my #MinCup23 tweets 😬 Today's match is arsenuranospathite vs neptunite and the latter is getting my vote. It's a silicate #mineral named after Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. It's often found together with white natrolite, and they look so good together! Here's one on display in the NHM London
Vote for your favourite here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-1-match-14
Vote for your favourite here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-1-match-14
Round 1 Match 14
This match is all about friendship: Arsenuranospathite flirts with danger by wrapping radioactive uranium, poisonous arsenic, and touchy fluorine in its watery embrace, while tall, dark, and opaque Neptunite lurks in the shadows with its BFF, 2019 Mi…Mika McKinnon (Mineral Cup)
