Published July 5, 2015 Madagascar labradorite This is from Madagascar. This mineral is iridescent. It has its own mineral term named for the shimmering blues and greens – […]
Published September 13, 2015 Blue Smoke In the middle of the day the Blue Ridge Mountains look green, but at sunrise and sunset, when viewed from a distance, […]
Published April 7, 2020 Share Beauty In early spring, bloodroot begin pushing up through the half-frozen soil. They are named for the red sap found throughout the plant, […]
Published July 6, 2017 Rare Beauty For a few weeks in early summer, Gray’s lily brightens mountains in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. They grow on grassy balds, […]