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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: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
28.00gr
Description

This is a piece of petrified wood from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. The small branch is still partially embedded in volcanic ash. The branch consists partly of blue fluorite and grey quartz. The age of the fossil is about 290,000,000 years. 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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