They just announced Mineral and Fossil of the Year 2024 in Hungary! Mineral is corundum, and fossil is the woolly mammoth.
Also, Mineral Resource of the Year will be copper.
Yay!
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Before I forget. Many thanks to the @MineralCup team for moderating the competition!
Many thanks to all my friends and furriends who took part in #MinCup23. We are very curious about which #minerals take part next year....
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#MinCup23 #CatsOfTwitter #Mincup2023 #DoesItCat #catsofmastodon
After an intense match with 3757 votes, perpetual runner-up #Zircon takes the #MinCup23 Championship by just 61 votes over #Perovskite!
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With so many tight matches, it’s going to take us a day to put together the traditional Victory Parade. Please feel free to celebrate (or mourn) and we’ll see you tomorrow.
Have ideas on what went well or what we can do better? Please fill out our post-game survey! https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/players-survey
Curious about the people behind #MinCup23? Here’s this year’s volunteers: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023-volunteers
Congratulations, #Zircon! Condolences, #Perovskite, and better luck next year!
Mineral CupPlayer Survey — Mineral CupThis was our first time self-hosting Mineral Cup. It involved a lot of changes and a lot of experiments. We’d love to get your feedback on what worked, what didn’t, and ideas on what to do differently. We’d also like a better idea of who our players are (and how that’s changed) and where to find the
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That was an impressive match with clear Get Out The Vote efforts from both teams, particularly in the final hours where we saw it flip several times.
We are in awe, and want to recognize your efforts at entertainment, education, and enthusiasm. Thank you for making #MinCup23 so much fun!
Last call for #MinCup23 votes! Get in for your team NOW just in case our site crumbles a bit under the traffic. 
Q: Are you sure #MinCup23 isn’t being swamped by bots or ballot-stuffing?!
A: We’re monitoring incoming votes and know exactly why the tides are turning. It’s very enthusiastic electioneering efforts.
Want to flip the vote? Find more players! Both these minerals have what it takes to win
With under 2 hours to go in #MinCup23, #Perovskite has picked up momentum and is on the verge of taking the lead from #Zircon.
PSA:
While #Zircon continues to have a strong lead, the ratios are shifting and we’re seeing an uptick in the proportion of #Perovskite votes. #MinCup23 is far from decided!
Just hours left in #MinCup23 FINAL MATCH!
Will our Champion be #Zircon, the eternal timekeeper, or #Perovskite, the cubical rain on brown dwarf stars?
Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
Mineral CupVote in the Finals — Mineral CupYou’ve narrowed the list down from 32 minerals to just these finalists. It’s a study of contrasts between a pair of powerhouse minerals as you select which one will join the elite list of Mineral Cup champions. Are you voting blades or blocks? Classic or newcomer? Measuring the past or dreaming of t
Today is #MinCup23 final Today starts also #Rocktober What an coincidence
Look I made a #Zircon #cat using #AI/#KI.
Isn't it beautiful
Do you remember #MinCup21 ? Look this is us supporting #zircon 2 years ago and we do so again in #MinCup23 . #Perovskite would in our opinion also deserve to win... , because I am in #TeamPerovskitty and in team #chatoyancy
#DoesItCat ? You betcha
I can't believe we already got to the #MinCup23 finals! Zircon gets my folklore vote, strengthened by excellent campaigning by the Time Lord team 
What the heck am I gonna read campaigns about for the next 11 months?...
Thank you, MinCup team, you are the best! 
The time has come for me to bring up the time I had a picture with David Tennant, TimeLord.
Vote #Zircon #MinCup23 @MineralCup #TeamZircon
Voted for #perovskite because #zircon has an early, fast lead and at this point everyone is singing its praises. Pffft.
Anyway this #MinCup23 has been fun but I think I will pick a different criteria to vote on next year. 
too many minerals don't fit "chaos" (by my admittedly somewhat arbitrary definition, but hey, aren't we all using somewhat arbitrary scales in the end? )!
Also may perovskite win!!
No denying the coolness of the possibility of perovskite being formed in a Brown Dwarf, but the role of zircon in geochronology, setting time scales for 4.4 billion years wins it my physics vote.
And of the two, zircon gets the art vote for jewellery, gems and sometimes as an opacifier in ceramics. #MinCup23
Wow, there's a clear favorite but I don't really have a favorite myself. I think I am leaning toward the Time Lord but that is at odds with my tendency to vote for obvious underdogs. But in a final round, there is no underdog. #mincup23
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MastodonMineral Cup (@MineralCup@mastodon.social)It's the #MinCup23 FINAL ROUND!!
32 minerals have battled for your hearts, but only one can claim the Championship. Will it be #Zircon, the eternal timekeeper, or #Perovskite, the cubical rain on brown dwarf stars?
Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
It's the #MinCup23 FINAL ROUND!!
32 minerals have battled for your hearts, but only one can claim the Championship. Will it be #Zircon, the eternal timekeeper, or #Perovskite, the cubical rain on brown dwarf stars?
Vote: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
Results: https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-5-match-1
Mineral CupVote in the Finals — Mineral CupYou’ve narrowed the list down from 32 minerals to just these finalists. It’s a study of contrasts between a pair of powerhouse minerals as you select which one will join the elite list of Mineral Cup champions. Are you voting blades or blocks? Classic or newcomer? Measuring the past or dreaming of t
It’s a near-tie with just 5 votes separating #Stibnite and #Perovskite with just 2.5 hours left in the match.
The last few #MinCup23 wins have been secured by direct electioneering through personal networks. You want your mineral in the Finals? Bring in new voters to your side!