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Fluorite & Quartz Psm Wood

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Fluorite & Quartz Psm Wood

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 10 × 8 cm
Weight: 
600.00gr
Description

This is a piece of a wood. It is made of violete Fluorite.

The wood was covered with Tuffite of the base surge formation  ( Pyroclastic flow.)    The base surge was the first part of the volcano eruption from the Zeisigwald volcano. You can see a lot of nice Lapillis into the Tuffite (yellow arrow). Also you can see a violet volcanic bomb  (red arrow).

The dimension of the branch is 11 x 2 cm. The branch has still barc.

The kind of wood is Agatoxylon sp. ( conifer tree )

The age of wood ist Perm = 290 Mio.

Chemnitz is the only known place of the world with Fluorite wood.

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

Quartz

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

Wood

Variety Of: 

Plant

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