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Fluorite & Kaolinite Psm Wood

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Fluorite & Kaolinite Psm Wood

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 13 × 5 cm
Weight: 
1 500.00gr
Description

This is a piece of a wood. It is made of violete Fluorite = red arrows and  white Kaolinite = yellow arrows.

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.

The dimension of the branch is 13cm x 4cm x 2.5 cm. 

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

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China

Wood

Variety Of: 

Plant

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