Description
This crocoite is from the famous Red Lead Mine in the Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia. This operation was a silver-lead mine that produced world class specimens during mining. Crocoite is a chromate that contains the elements Pb, Cr, and O. Specimens from this locale are highly sort after. This specimen consists of a solid goethite matrix with mixed oxide coverage that hosts several prismatic crystals of crocoite. This piece measures 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 inches or 67 x 47 x 41 mm.
