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Petrified Wood & Fluorite

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Petrified Wood & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilbersdorf, Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 6.5 × 1 cm
Weight: 
57.00gr
Description

A slice of petrified wood with purple fluorite embedded in it.
Unique and so far only known from this location. The age of the specimen is approx. 280 million years (Permian, Unterrotliegendes)

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