Owen Missen
@scimissionowen.bsky.social
Lecturer in Environmental Geology at Earth Sciences and CODES at UTAS, focusing on Critical Element distribution and mobility! New minerals are cool! I also enjoy hiking and tennis. Views my own.
correction from earlier post (about semi final 2 still!), it's native copper vs molybdenite in the final! easier one for me, much as I love copper minerals I'll go with the soft sulfide!
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:
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
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Vote in Ore Cup FINALS — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Pick the Ore Mineral of the Year! Voting for Copper vs Molybdenite will remain open for 48 hours. Credit: David M. Maietta and Harold Moritz
www.mineralcup.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
correction from earlier post (about semi final 2 still!), it's native copper vs molybdenite in the final! easier one for me, much as I love copper minerals I'll go with the soft sulfide!
quick game's a good game and it's already the Ore Cup final!
very hard one to pick for me!
both beautiful and important sulfide minerals 🥰🥰
very hard one to pick for me!
both beautiful and important sulfide minerals 🥰🥰
#OreCup FINALS: It’s time!
Place your vote to decide the IMA Ore Mineral of the Year: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Place your vote to decide the IMA Ore Mineral of the Year: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Vote in Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Molybdenite vs Bornite Credit: Jyrki Autio and Kelly Nash
www.mineralcup.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
quick game's a good game and it's already the Ore Cup final!
very hard one to pick for me!
both beautiful and important sulfide minerals 🥰🥰
very hard one to pick for me!
both beautiful and important sulfide minerals 🥰🥰
correct prediction! we'll see if molybdenite can make it to the final!
It’s almost time for the first ever #OreCup. I predict a solid run for molybdenite, but that’s because I just love saying and typing molybdenite! #OreCup2025
It's time to make your predictions (and help us test the voting site). Which ore mineral do you think will win?
Bracket: www.mineralcup.org/ore-bracket
Make your predictions: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Competition voting starts on MONDAY NOVEMBER 3!
Bracket: www.mineralcup.org/ore-bracket
Make your predictions: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Competition voting starts on MONDAY NOVEMBER 3!
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
correct prediction! we'll see if molybdenite can make it to the final!
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We’re on team #molybdenite in today’s #OreCup match-up. It’s the main ore of molybdenum, a critical resource with many uses, including in building renewable energy technologies. eos.org/features/cri...
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We’re on team #molybdenite in today’s #OreCup match-up. It’s the main ore of molybdenum, a critical resource with many uses, including in building renewable energy technologies. eos.org/features/cri...
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Molybdenite—love those hex shapes, and love this particular speciman’s mix of symmetry and asymmetry. www.mindat.org/photo-298205...
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Molybdenite—love those hex shapes, and love this particular speciman’s mix of symmetry and asymmetry. www.mindat.org/photo-298205...
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We didn’t always recognize #Molybdenite or know how to use Mo until the late 19th Century. Rh wasn’t discovered until 1908. After early experiments during WWI, automobile and aviation industries found uses for both elements in high-performance alloys. Then catalysts and medical uses.
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
We didn’t always recognize #Molybdenite or know how to use Mo until the late 19th Century. Rh wasn’t discovered until 1908. After early experiments during WWI, automobile and aviation industries found uses for both elements in high-performance alloys. Then catalysts and medical uses.
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
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#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: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results for Semifinals Match 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Molybdenite vs Bornite
www.mineralcup.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
#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: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
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Based on the spelling of Carroll, more like:
How doth the little mineral
Improve its shining face,
And hide the cobalt underground,
An inconvenient place!
How doth the little mineral
Improve its shining face,
And hide the cobalt underground,
An inconvenient place!
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Based on the spelling of Carroll, more like:
How doth the little mineral
Improve its shining face,
And hide the cobalt underground,
An inconvenient place!
How doth the little mineral
Improve its shining face,
And hide the cobalt underground,
An inconvenient place!
A thread of festive minerals for the festive season ✨✨
1) Carrollite - a copper / cobalt sulphide, forming silvery crystals. Named after Carroll County, Maryland.
1) Carrollite - a copper / cobalt sulphide, forming silvery crystals. Named after Carroll County, Maryland.
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Carrollite, Japon
youtu.be/a_z5HVAkAWk
#carrollite #sulfur #quartz #unique #cristaux #cristal #crystals #mineralogie #mineraux #minerai #gemmes #gems #collection #naturae #lapides #minerals #nature #merveille #cristallisation #collector
www.youtube.com/@naturaelapi...
youtu.be/a_z5HVAkAWk
#carrollite #sulfur #quartz #unique #cristaux #cristal #crystals #mineralogie #mineraux #minerai #gemmes #gems #collection #naturae #lapides #minerals #nature #merveille #cristallisation #collector
www.youtube.com/@naturaelapi...
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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I have to endorse #Carrollite today—copper PLUS cobalt!
1st I love cobalt blue
2nd cobalt comes from kobold, the German name for an imp or demon, so named bc it made recovery of silver (from ores where they mixed) more difficult to recover.
(Yes that’s where D&D got it.)
#OreCup
1st I love cobalt blue
2nd cobalt comes from kobold, the German name for an imp or demon, so named bc it made recovery of silver (from ores where they mixed) more difficult to recover.
(Yes that’s where D&D got it.)
#OreCup
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I have to endorse #Carrollite today—copper PLUS cobalt!
1st I love cobalt blue
2nd cobalt comes from kobold, the German name for an imp or demon, so named bc it made recovery of silver (from ores where they mixed) more difficult to recover.
(Yes that’s where D&D got it.)
#OreCup
1st I love cobalt blue
2nd cobalt comes from kobold, the German name for an imp or demon, so named bc it made recovery of silver (from ores where they mixed) more difficult to recover.
(Yes that’s where D&D got it.)
#OreCup
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Nice article on the type locality of #carrollite : Carroll County, Maryland and the Patapsco Mine.
https://jamesrada.com/carrollite-the-mineral-once-found-only-in-carroll-county/
#orecup #orecup25 #mincup25 #maryland #sykesville #cobalt
https://jamesrada.com/carrollite-the-mineral-once-found-only-in-carroll-county/
#orecup #orecup25 #mincup25 #maryland #sykesville #cobalt
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Nice article on the type locality of #carrollite : Carroll County, Maryland and the Patapsco Mine.
https://jamesrada.com/carrollite-the-mineral-once-found-only-in-carroll-county/
#orecup #orecup25 #mincup25 #maryland #sykesville #cobalt
https://jamesrada.com/carrollite-the-mineral-once-found-only-in-carroll-county/
#orecup #orecup25 #mincup25 #maryland #sykesville #cobalt
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November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Octahedral crystals, polysynthetic twinning striations, super conductivity, and iridescent sheen? Yes, please. #carrollite
#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐
#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Octahedral crystals, polysynthetic twinning striations, super conductivity, and iridescent sheen? Yes, please. #carrollite
#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐
#MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐
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was planning on voting for bornite until reading that natural specimens of carrollite exhibit superconductivity 😎
Thermodynamic properties and superconductivity of natural carrollite (CuCo2S4)
The thermodynamic properties of natural carrollite with a formula Cu0.92Co2.07S4 are studied using low temperature heat capacity and high temperature …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
was planning on voting for bornite until reading that natural specimens of carrollite exhibit superconductivity 😎
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I’m voting for the only Co ore in the Ore Cup, the superconductor mineral #Carrollite. Co serves many industrial, medical, and artistic applications, from battery and magnet technology, to radiotherapy, to glass and ceramic glaze coloring agent.
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I’m voting for the only Co ore in the Ore Cup, the superconductor mineral #Carrollite. Co serves many industrial, medical, and artistic applications, from battery and magnet technology, to radiotherapy, to glass and ceramic glaze coloring agent.
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
#OreCup25 ⚒️ 🧪
voting carrollite for the cobalt content, but this will be a tough one to win facing off against bornite!
#OreCup R1M4: This match is coming hot from a hydrothermal vein as #Carrollite competes with #Bornite. Both are copper ores with a beautiful tarnish. You have 24 hours to decide!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
www.mineralcup.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
voting carrollite for the cobalt content, but this will be a tough one to win facing off against bornite!
the jadarite deposit is a flashpoint for critical mineral economics and environmental geology. the reality is that if lithium isn't mined in one place, it will be sourced elsewhere with no guarantee of improved protections in a different part of the world - always a complicated issue!
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
the jadarite deposit is a flashpoint for critical mineral economics and environmental geology. the reality is that if lithium isn't mined in one place, it will be sourced elsewhere with no guarantee of improved protections in a different part of the world - always a complicated issue!
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Want to know more about jadarite? Read our #AllMineralsConsidered piece: rdcu.be/eOojc
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Want to know more about jadarite? Read our #AllMineralsConsidered piece: rdcu.be/eOojc
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#OreCup R1M3: It’s a battle of black and white as titanium ore #Ilmenite is pitted against lithium and boron ore #Jadarite.
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
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November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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A short press release from June about #Jadarite.
I think it has my vote. I'm not normally a fan of complicated recipes, but with only one known source? Awww. It might be lonely.
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
I think it has my vote. I'm not normally a fan of complicated recipes, but with only one known source? Awww. It might be lonely.
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A short press release from June about #Jadarite.
I think it has my vote. I'm not normally a fan of complicated recipes, but with only one known source? Awww. It might be lonely.
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
I think it has my vote. I'm not normally a fan of complicated recipes, but with only one known source? Awww. It might be lonely.
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
jadarite needs some votes! it has all the elements mentioned in the formula of kryptonite, but couldn't be called that as krypton itself is an unreactive gas!
It’s titanium ore #Ilmenite vs lithium & boron ore #Jadarite. Both produce lightweight metals essential for advanced technologies, but only one will progress to the #OreCup semifinals!
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
results:
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November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
jadarite needs some votes! it has all the elements mentioned in the formula of kryptonite, but couldn't be called that as krypton itself is an unreactive gas!