Dendrites - Solnhofen, Germany White It features elongated crystal blades

It features elongated crystal blades of striated Tourmaline in a white Albite matrix

which is similar to a dodecahedron with pyritohedral symmetry

This specimen also contains Schreibersite inclusions

A snapshot in geologic time

Cuprite is a copper-based mineral

Dendrites - Solnhofen, Germany White It features elongated crystal bladesThey may look like fossilized ferns or a beautiful moss formation, but this isn't a fossil at all, it's actually made of minerals! A fun geologic phenomenon known as a pseudofossil, this is actually a type of mineralization called Dendrites. Dendrites form from manganese and iron oxide mineralization along fractures and bedding planes within rock. In this case, dendrites formed along the bedding plane of the famous fine grained limestone in Solnhofen,