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Crocoite & Gold

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Crocoite & Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinberg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

Beautiful deep red crocoite crystals in vugs with yellow to green vauquelinite and native gold on quartz matrix.

Very nice and interesting specimen from the famous Flink collection.

Collected 1884. Ex Rijksmuseum Stockholm

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...

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0