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Crocoite

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Crocoite

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Description
Locality: 
Kirov Mine, Berezovsk, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 2.8 cm
Description

Very attractive old crocoite specimen with lustrous, sharp crystals up to 12 mm.

Ex Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crocoite

Formula: 
Pb(CrO4)
Strunz: 
7.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Tsvetnoi Mine, Uspenskaya Mt, Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...