Hvit og rosa stein montert i ei utstilling sammen med andre fluoriscerende mineraler (kalsitt over og fluoritt under ser gulbrune ut i vanlig lys).
I UV-lys blir tugtupitt intenst rosa mens mineralprøvene over og under blir blå.
Har vært på Naturhistorisk museum i Oslo for første gang siden studietida og fant igjen så mange venner fra årets mineralkøpp! Inkludert TUGTUPITTEN
#tugtupite
People dropping by my office this week to say sorry #Kyanite won, we know you were really excited about #Tugtupite. It's okay guys, I'll live. #MinCup25
NOOoooooooooooooo!
#tugtupite is amazing, I don’t even like pink all that much, but this one is exceptional.
Sigh…
Next year #Tugtupite
It’s a blue, blue, blue, blue, blue world! #Kyanite finally crowned champion after nine years in the Mineral Cup, including a second-place finish in #MinCup24!
I’ll call it now, #Tugtupite is going to be tough to beat in #MinCup26!
What a fun #MinCup25! Thanks again to everyone who made it so!
Congratulations to #Kyanite! I voted for you in earlier rounds, but had hoped that reindeer blood #Tugtupite would take the #MinCup25 final.
Well deserved, even if not my preference.
The people who cheated at the end? Not cool. Let the best rock win. Don't overload the fab. volunteer team!
Better luck next year #Tugtupite
Hooray #Kyanite!! One of my faves
#MinCup25
The Mineral Cup 2025 bracket with color drawings of all the minerals. By Fernando Salvaterra on BlueSky(@salvaterra.bsky.social)
And here are color versions of the 32 minerals in #MinCup25 placed on the bracket.
Winner #Kyanite, runner up #Tugtupite
Drawings by Fernando Salvaterra on BlueSky(@salvaterra.bsky.social)
Woohoo, #kyanite overcame the last-minute #tugtupite ballot-stuffers ftw.
Congratulations to #Kyanite and #Tugtupite! Huge thank you to Mika and the volunteers for all the preparation, moderating, boosting signals, and auditing the results.
I'm happy for #Kyanite, but not happy that #Tugtupite was kicked out by it. Oh, and I do hold a grudge against those that voted against #Hematite. You know who you are!
Bracket of MinCup25. For each mineral, the typical appearance is shown with a small image. Of course, some minerals have multiple colours, so snippets from the images on the voting posts or the website were taken. Colored lines connect the different rounds.
And here is the updated color summary for #MinCup25!
Colorless (white-grey-black) minerals were quickly kicked out, unfortunately. Maybe next time, there can be a max color level for participation? Tenebrescent #tugtupite can participate again and take a glorious win after exposure to UV ;-)
We have a #MinCup25 champion!!
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
NO! NO NO NO NO NO
There is a horrible possibility that someone tried to commit fraud for #Tugtupite in the Mineral Cup final. I am extremely, extremely disappointed. NO
And it was such a close thing! Several finals have been absolute nail-biters, as this one was ... until the very last minutes.
🌌💖🐺 we love #tugtupite and most of the fans who pulled for her but vry disappointed in sme of you....
yes we werw team #kyanite for this final match but it was sufh a fun match because of how close it was and everyobe seemingly plauing fair and being respectful..
not very pink of you TBH :/
All kidding aside. Great tournament! While I’ll be crushed if #kyanite didn’t pull it off. #tugtupite came in like a wrecking ball this year and would be deserving of a win. I’ll try to be patient for the announced winner. 😂
With 20 minutes to go, ONE vote separates our Finals challengers! (Vote #Tugtupite)
#MinCup25 🩷
Team #tugtupite
52 minutes remain, and life blood rock #Tugtupite - in its first ever appearance in the Mineral Cup! - is ahead by the slimmest of margins. Go vote!!!
Not me asking every mutual I have to vote for #Tugtupite
And maybe creating a few new mineral fans in the process...
An hour to go and chameleon newcomer #Tugtupite is down by only 8 votes in the final round!
Voting closes at 8pm ET--give our glowy friend your love at www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
#MinCup25
#Tugtupite just needs a few more votes to pull ahead! Where are my #TeamGoth people?
Less than 2 hours left!
#tugtupite is up by only 3 votes!
Wow, a very close race between #kyanite and #tugtupite with about an hour left to vote.
I don't know how anyone could read the tugtupite bio and not vote for it. Clearly it's the more interesting and worthy mineral, glowy in all the ways.
Be honest and vote tugtupite as your new favourite friend.
Or for #tugtupite because it is nicknamed reindeer blood and a single specimen changes color when exposed to light!
Samples of tugtupite demonstrating its fluorescence under UV light. The sample on the left shows its normal coloration, with spots of crimson red in a white matrix. On the right is the same sample glowing vividly in shades of red and blue under UV light.
If you haven't voted in the #MinCup25 final yet, my glowy friend #tugtupite needs votes! 2 hours to go!
https://www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5m01
I am Team #Tugtupite and I voted last evening! Vote once, convince others to vote (also once each) and have fun!
#MinCup25
Yes! Yay spite! Vote for #tugtupite
