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Petrified Wood With Fluorite

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Petrified Wood With Fluorite

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Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
132.00gr
Description

This is a piece of petrified wood from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. The fossil consists of quartz and some blue fluorite. The age of the fossil is about 290,000,000 years. The fossil wood is Dadoxylon sp. A kind of coniferous tree. Chemnitz is currently the only known place in the world where petrified wood with fluorite is found. 

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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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