Remember that the #OreCup final match between #Copper and #Molybdenite is running an extra-long 48 hours to catch weekday voters.

Twiddling your thumbs waiting? Give us feedback on our first mini-cup! https://www.mineralcup.org/orecup/players-survey

Last call for the #OreCup finals between #Copper and #Molybdenite!

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

We’re in the final stretch of #OreCup!

Native #Copper is an ore so integral to our history that we named several eras after it and its alloys

#Molybdenite spent centuries tricking us into thinking it was something else entirely

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

It’s the #OreCup final between native #Copper and #Molybdenite.

What’s your favourite thing you’ve learned about ores this week?

Ready to vote?
https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

#OreCup final match of native #Copper vs #Molybdenite is happening now!

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

#OreCup Finals:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches.

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r3m1

#OreCup Finals:
It’s copper ore native #Copper vs molybdenum (& rhenium) ore #Molybdenite. Both are shiny, but only one can be the Ore Mineral of the Year

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

#OreCup FINALS:

Place your vote to decide the IMA Ore Mineral of the Year! Are you a fan of the classic native metal #Copper, or the slippery silver #Molybdenite that evaded being pinned down for so long?

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r3m1

Last call in the #OreCup semifinals of #Molybdenite vs #Bornite!

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

Only a few hours left to vote in the #OreCup semifinals of #Molybdenite vs #Bornite!

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

#OreCup R2M2 #Molybdenite vs #Bornite: Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

#OreCup R2M2: Silver hexagons for alloys & lubricants, or rainbow patches for copper wires & parts? It’s #Molybdenite vs #Bornite for which ore mineral moves to the final round.

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

#OreCup is in the final stretch! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore #Molybdenite, or the hefty copper sulphide with the rainbow sheen #Bornite?

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

#OreCup semifinals are close with lots of flips & a tight margin so far!

It's slippery, silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite!

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?

vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r2m2
results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r2m2

Congratulations, #Molybdenite, your victory is shining a light to #OreCup R2M1.

Condolences, #Tetrahedrite, you were sharp but just not enough to make the cut.

Last call for #OreCup R1M2 molybdenum (and rhenium) ore #Molybdenite vs copper (and silver) ore #Tetrahedrite.

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r1m2
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r1m2

Only a few hours left for #OreCup R1M2 #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite. Did you pick a favourite and vote?

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r1m2
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r1m2

#OreCup R1M2 is soft slippery #Molybdenite vs dark angular #Tetrahedrite. Are you championing the molybdenum (and rhenium) ore or the copper (and silver) ore?

It’s still a tight race with #Molybdenite clinging to a 20-vote margin.

Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/vote-r1m2
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results/results-r1m2

Round 1 match 2 of #OreCup25 is molybdenite versus tetrahedrite.

I have to give Molybdenite the physics vote (as source of Re used for geochronology, as a source of Mo used as a catalyst, battery electrodes, alloys of iron & semiconductors),

But Tetrahedrite gets physics points for being thermoelectric (it can be used turn heat into electricity) & some arts points as a historically important ore of copper.
#OreCup vote here: https://www.mineralcup.org/vote-results

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