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Fluorite Psm Wood Fossil

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Fluorite Psm Wood Fossil

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
26.00gr
Description

This is a piece of petrified wood from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. It is a branch of the tree Dadoxylon sp.. The wood is almost entirely made of violet fluorite. The age of the fossil is about 290,000,000 years. Petrified wood with fluorite is currently only known from Chemnitz.

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

Wood

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Plant

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