Sure you could take the obvious road and pick the sparkly mineral. But how about fighting for the underdog! It might not glitter but it does look EXACTLY LIKE HAM! Vote Rhodochrosite, the Forbidden Bacon, to win the Mineral Cup! www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r5m1#mincup24

Err purple wing patch. 👀

Look I love Kyanite, but Cave Bacon always will win before kyanite. Vote Meat Rock 2024. #mincup24#votemeatrock#cavebacon

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#MinCup24 R5M1: #Rhodochrosite versus #Kyanite Rhodochrosite, aka Rosa del Inca & Raspberry Spar is a distinctive pink-to-red carbonate that is a mix of utility and charm. Kyanite, while famous for being blue, can be a wide variety of colours, often zoned & sometimes pleochroic. VOTE: ⚒️🧪 geology

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Rhodochrosite vs Kyanite

I saw my first of the season the other day too! They are so darn cute and such busy bodies.

I am once again reminding you that adding alt text to wall-of-text screencaps doesn't have to be a difficult thing. Copy-paste works on both iOS and Android phones (Android tablets are a different thing). Also there are shortcuts for iOS that can strip text from images. routinehub.co/shortcut/18370

This is so sweet. I bet they're talking about the best rocks to sunbathe on. 😉

I've always liked the people wing patch too. They are pretty birds.

They're so pretty! And so dinosaury.

My cat is friends with your second one. He comes and meows when he wants food, fresh water, the electric blanket turned back on or more wood in the fireplace. It works of course.

Here's a list of real nature photographers posting their own work, who make their images accessible with Alt Text. I love that Bluesky values actual people and not those image stealing accounts. This is just to get you started, there are tons more great photographers here! 🌿 #birds 🧪