Owen Missen
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@scimissionowen
Lecturer in Environmental Mineralogy at CODES @UTAS_ , focusing on Critical Elements! I also enjoy hiking and tennis. Views my own.
Some giant clusters of very copper tolerant Nepenthes fusca seen here.
We have our #MinCup25 champion!! Congratulations, #Kyanite! 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.
#MinCup25 QF4: Team Green will win either way as desert emerald #Dioptase faces off against radioactive #Cuprosklodowskite! Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3m04 Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/r…
#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 2: It's #perovskite and its intriguing structure against #tugtupite's collection of optical tricks for this quarterfinal match! Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3m02 Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/r…
#MinCup25 Round 3 Match 1 (i.e. QUARTERFINAL 1!): Colourful phoenix #haüyne goes against heavyweight industrial powerhouse #hematite. Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/r… Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3m01
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 7: It's high-pressure #kyanite against deep-space #taenite. Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2m07 Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/r…
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 5: We’re going for namesake-minerals as bright meteorite-derived green #kosmochlor is up against the wedge-shaped indicator mineral #titanite. Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2m05 Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/r…
