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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel With Fossil Fungi Inclusions

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Quartz Var Eisenkiesel With Fossil Fungi Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Warstein, Soest, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Description

A thumbnail which shows very well the phantoms generating fossil mycelium fungi in the eisenkiesel crystals.

The specimen has crystals on both sides of the silificated stromatolite layer. Worldwide singular geological phenomenon in the Sauerland area.

Scientific publication: Fossil fungi in iron stromatolites from Warstein (Rhenish Massif, Northwestern Germany) Zeitschrift Facies, Verlag Springer Berlin / Heidelberg ISSN 0172-9179 (Print) 1612-4820 (Online) Heft Volume 7, Number 1 / Dezember 1982. I can deliver more information.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Fungi

Variety Of: 

Organic

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