Skeeps, "whew" is only five votes behind "how".
Voting closes soon - you deserve a break.
Don't think of a mineral elephant.
Enough with the explanations.
Go for the vibes (millions of torty kitties can't be wrong).
Feel the relief: vote "whew"!
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#Whewellite
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Calcium oxalate crystals and identification of tea leaves in archeological sites.
Vote #Whewellite for paleontology AND archaeology value!!!
www.nature.com/articles/sre...
Myriad mentions of #Whewellite in the literature … most significant mineral in plants, Ca storage, role in photosynthesis, role in herbivore defense … I suspect it’s the crystals on Jade Plant leaves … synthesized by lichens and fungi.
But I can’t find details, focus, or reviews!!!!! #MinCup24
#Whewellite is currently leading #Howlite by 20 votes.
Which of these two #MinCup24 newcomers will make it through to the next round? You have just under six and a half hours to recruit, campaign and vote!
I was unsure between #Howelite & #Whewellite in #MinCup24, but after reading this thread, I was reminded again that William Whewell invented the term “scientist” referring to Mary Somerville among so many other achievements. Whewell rocked, so make mine Whewellite. www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r1...
#MinCup2024 #whewellite ok i'm gonna look up possible abiotic formation of oxalate minerals.
I suppose there must be some in meteorites
can't find them yet.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I was dithering over which to vote for, but then I found out that #Whewellite can be found in kidney stones and that clinched it. Vote pee crystals for #MinCup24
#Whewellite is an oxalate which can crystallize in urine, so can we make a pee vs poo match with #ammineite? Pretty please?
This round it’s gotta be #Whewellite, less bc of the mineral than its namesake, William Whewell, who coined the term ‘scientist’ as a matter of gender equity (‘we can no longer speak of “men of science”’ after reading Mary Somerville)
