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Crocoite

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Crocoite

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Description
Locality: 
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 2 cm
Description

This is a beautiful crown of gemmy crocoite on a gibbsite coated matrix.  The crystals are a mixture of both solid & hollow terminating with beautiful phantoms.

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...