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Re: "coral rowan" comes not in May but with first frosts
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Victor Fet described "mica (semi-transparent layered mineral, Russ. "slyuda") was used for windowglass in medieval Russia, hence Muscovy glass; a connection to Zembla glassworks." A very interesting connection with Sudarg and Zembla glassworks!
Thank you, Victor, also for clarifying the reference to coral-red rowan in October.
I learned that "muscovite" is the white mica. Mica in other colors have different names: the black mica is biotite, the dark-green is fuchsite, and the lilac-colored, lepidolite." I was only familiar with the "fuchsite" that carries a joycean "snooty green" coloring. The iced sheets on the pavement which kids love to shatter, as V.F noted, break in a peculiar "mica" layering kind of way and in Zembla they must be crystal white, too.
Jansy
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Thank you, Victor, also for clarifying the reference to coral-red rowan in October.
I learned that "muscovite" is the white mica. Mica in other colors have different names: the black mica is biotite, the dark-green is fuchsite, and the lilac-colored, lepidolite." I was only familiar with the "fuchsite" that carries a joycean "snooty green" coloring. The iced sheets on the pavement which kids love to shatter, as V.F noted, break in a peculiar "mica" layering kind of way and in Zembla they must be crystal white, too.
Jansy
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