Cirsium discolor Field Thistle

Cirsium discolor Field Thistle

Field thistle is a North American Species in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.  It is a biennial or perennial herb up to 78.5" tall producing a large taproot.  Butterflies like it. It is used as a component of some North American prairie and wildflower meadow restoration mixes.

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Yofortierite Eudialyte

Yofortierite Eudialyte

I showed a series named Yofortierite back in April.  This is another sample including Yofortierite and also including Eudialyite.  They are in the same group.

This sample comes to us from Varennes, Saint Amable Sill, Quebec, Canada. 

Yofortierite Eudialyte

The formula for Eudialyte is  Na15Ca6(Fe2+,Mn2+)3Zr3[Si25O73](O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2