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#Malachite is gorgeous & I adorn myself with it regularly, but you're really going to want to vote for ##Lonsdaleite.

It forms in meteor impacts.
...from unusual meteors.

It's named for a #WomenInSTEM.
...from Ireland.
...who worked prison reform.
...after being imprisoned.
Whichever mineral survives will face off against #Calcite in Round 2.

Both calcite & malachite do fun things with acid (bubble; dissolve) and are iconic basic minerals to identify during intro geo lab classes. It'd be a solid, decent thread.

But lonsdaleite is SO WEIRD.
I don’t have the bandwidth to do proper campaign thread until I make it past a few deadlines, but futureYou will appreciate it if you keep #Lonsdalelite in the running until Round 2.
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