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Chalcedony Psm Fossil

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Chalcedony Psm Fossil

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Dakhla, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region, Morocco
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

Very incredible speudomorphosis of calcedony in Equicalastrobus chinleana of Cretaceous deposit in Western Sahara. Through the section polished against the light, all the botanical structures inside the pine are evident

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey