Crocoite Photos     
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
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Crocoite is lead chromate.  It is a rare mineral.  The only reason that it is included in
this collection is because of its beautiful bright red color.  There are two other red
minerals that can be confused with crocoite, vanadinite and wulfenite.  Crocoite
forms bladed crystals, distinguishing it from vanadinite which forms hexagonal
prisms, and wulfenite which forms flat, square crystals.



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Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.

Specimen donated in memory of John Dunn