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Petrified Wood With Fluorite & Quartz

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Petrified Wood With Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2 × 2 cm
Weight: 
39.00gr
Description

This is a piece of petrified wood from Chemnitz Hilbersdorf in Saxony. The fossil consists of quartz and some blue fluorite. The fossil wood is Sigillariaceae. However, the fossil wood is only a piece of the bark of the former tree. The age of the fossil is about 290,000,000 years. A very rare find from the Permian period of Chemnitz. 

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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