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Fluorite Psm Petrified Wood

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Fluorite Psm Petrified Wood

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
13.00gr
Description

This is a small branch of petrified wood. There is even some bark on this branch. This is extremely rare. The piece is from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. The branch consists of violet fluorite and some quartz. The age of the fossil is about 290,000,000 years. During the Perm period, the wood was buried and petrified during the eruption of the Zeisigwald volcano. Today, the city of Chemnitz is located in the area.

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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

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