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Petrified Wood & Fluorite

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Petrified Wood & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Here we have a super fine and extremely rare specimen of petrified wood with fluorite. This combination is only found at this place. The age of these specimens dates back to 270 million years.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic