Re: OT: Equisetum & Silicon--was: Re: CULT: Damping Off and Herbs
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Equisetum & Silicon--was: Re: CULT: Damping Off and Herbs
- From: G* J* <7*@3rivers.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:30:20 -0700
From: Gale Jellum <7kjellum@3rivers.net>
At 08:32 PM 2/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
>From: Gerry Snyder <gcsnyd@loop.com>
>
>HIPSource@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> .... The really neat thing about Equisetum is that it
>> carries crystals of silicon in its tissues and is thus abrasive.
>
>Not that I don't believe it, but I don't believe it. ;-)
>
>I have never heard of elemental silicon being found in nature, whether
>biological or mineral.
>
>Any chance this should be "silica," which is silicon dioxide, as in
>quartz, flint, normal sand, etc.?
>
Yes, they are silica crystals.
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