@ForamWeek

So good you’ll scream. Starting Monday Sept 14 2020! #ForamsVsSharkWeek Submit your #ForamWeek2020 art to https://xitter.cf/t.co/zEVOR0Dg7k by Sept. 13!

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Hello Foram Week fans!! We hope everything is wonderful in your world right now. If #MinCup is a something you are participating in this year, we encourage you to vote for #Calcite! Poll is in the quote tweet below. You have just under 7 hours to save this amazing mineral 🙂
Mineral Cup #MinCup@MineralCup28 Sep 2022
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ROUND 3 MATCH 4 It’s a battle of the classics for the final match of the Quarter Finals with hard #Corundum vs bubbly #Calcite. Will you campaign for the sparkle ruby & sapphire and grit emery? Or the double refraction of Iceland spar and climate secrets of seashells? Vote!
53%Corundum
47%Calcite
2,802 votes • Final results
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Replying to @FossiloftheWeek
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🌟NEW Foram Week Merchandise🌟 We've expanded our t-shirt selection, added hoodies, and a face mask to our store! teespring.com/stores/foramwe… All proceeds will be split between the @TimeScavengers Tilly Edinger Travel Grant & @500womensci Fellowship for the Future!
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This #ForamFriday is a special one! Today, we're launching the Foram Week store, featuring the winning designs from our art contest! Remember, 1) you can never have too much foram swag and 2) the proceeds are being donated to some amazing causes!!! teespring.com/stores/foramwe…
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We're thrilled to announce our top 3 Foram Art winners! G. ruber (pink) was also our #ForamCup2020 winner; it's a pink ruber kind of year! Stay tuned for more info on how you can purchase Foram Week merchandise w/the winning designs!
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Happy to announce our #ForamCup2020 champ, *Globigerinoides ruber (pink)*! Planktic foram workers win bragging rights for the next year! Congratulations, and thanks for playing along! #ForamWeek2020
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🚨🚨🚨This is it!🚨🚨🚨 The Championship Match of the Best Foram Tournament! Representing planktics we have the 8-seed Globigerinoides ruber, and representing benthics we have the 15-seed (!) Uvigerin peregrina. 👇👇👇Vote below👇👇👇 📸foraminifer.eu & Nicholas Glock
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No matter how cheesy or how punny, we want to hear 'em! #ForamFunnies
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And on the benthic side, 15 Uvigerina peregrina vs. 13 Lagena striata depts.washington.edu/forams/… & Nicholas Glock
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8 Globigerinoides ruber (pink) vs. 2 Globigerinoidesella fistulosa ruber: foraminifera.eu
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Sometimes, instead of releasing gametes, pachyderma reproduces asexually instead, creating tiny clones of itself. These will eventually grow into adult N. pachyderma about the same size as their parent.
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