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We’re in the semi-finals of #MinCup2019 & I Have Opinions.
This is the year of #ClimateChange, the year we hit the tipping point of enough people caring to finally get to the large-scale hard work.
Our winner has to be ice or #calcite (tomorrow’s semi-finalist). #IceMin
This is the year of #ClimateChange, the year we hit the tipping point of enough people caring to finally get to the large-scale hard work.
Our winner has to be ice or #calcite (tomorrow’s semi-finalist). #IceMin
Every year, people are startled to learn #IceMin is a mineral!
It’s naturally occurring, solid, has definite composition, & a repeating crystalline structure. As long as you find it in the wild, it checks every box.
Want it solid at room temperature? Ice VII trapped in diamond.
It’s naturally occurring, solid, has definite composition, & a repeating crystalline structure. As long as you find it in the wild, it checks every box.
Want it solid at room temperature? Ice VII trapped in diamond.
I’ve threaded about ice several times this month.
This one involves impatient swearing about rocks:
This one involves impatient swearing about rocks:
I was going to pop off QTs to key arguments being made by others on why #IceMin is a champion of rocks, but honestly?
Browser the hashtag.
I learned 3 new things in under 5 minutes. Ice shapes landscapes, tracks climate, erupts on icy moons, & whispers secrets of distant worlds.
Browser the hashtag.
I learned 3 new things in under 5 minutes. Ice shapes landscapes, tracks climate, erupts on icy moons, & whispers secrets of distant worlds.
