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Fluorite Psm Wood & Pumice

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Fluorite Psm Wood & Pumice

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 8 × 4 cm
Weight: 
270.00gr
Description

This is a piece of petrified wood embedded in volcanic ash. The fossil wood is dadoxylon (coniferous tree). The fossil wood is made of blue fluorite. In the volcano ash there are numerous lapilli. On the back of the piece is also a pumice stone contained, which is partly made of blue fluorite. This piece was created about 290,000,000 years ago during the eruption of the Zeisigwald volcano. Today, the city of Chemnitz is located 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

Wood

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Plant

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