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Fluorite Psm Petrified Wood

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Fluorite Psm Petrified Wood

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Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 0.5 cm
Description

This is a small piece of petrified wood from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. The fossil wood is dadoxylon sp.. The wood is almost entirely made of quartz with very little purple fluorites. The fossil has an age of about 290,000,000 years. It was buried during the Perm period during the eruption of the Zeisigwald volcano. Today, the city of Chemnitz is in the area.

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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