CROCOITE
Crocoite is a brilliantly red-colored &
brilliantly lustered lead chromate mineral (PbCrO4). The lead
content makes it noticeably heavy for its size. Crocoite crystals are
often quite elongated with striations running parallel to the long axis of the
crystal.
Crocoite
stick from the Red Lead Mine near Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania.
Crocoite
cluster
Crocoite
from the Adelaide Mine near Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania (Dwyer Mercer
County District Library # 214-400, Celina, Ohio, USA).
Crocoite
from near Dundas, Zeehan District, Tasmania (CSM # 53381, Colorado School of
Mines Geology Museum, Golden, Colorado, USA).