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Crocoite from Berezovsk Gold Mine (Berezovskii), Sverdlovsk Oblast', Middle Ural Mountains, Russia (Type Locality for Crocoite)

 
Crocoite from Berezovsk Gold Mine (Berezovskii), Sverdlovsk Oblast', Middle Ural Mountains, Russia (Type Locality for Crocoite)

Crocoite from Berezovsk Gold Mine (Berezovskii), Sverdlovsk Oblast', Middle Ural Mountains, Russia (Type Locality for Crocoite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 23431
Mineral:Crocoite
Locality:Berezovsk Gold Mine (Berezovskii), Sverdlovsk Oblast', Middle Ural Mountains, Russia (Type Locality for Crocoite)
Description:Bright red crocoite crystals up to 8 mm on brown, crystalline matrix (vauquelinite?) with several elongated quartz crystals up to 28 mm. The matrix has many green pyromorphite crystals up to .5 mm on the bottom. A good type locality specimen. ex. J. Cilen (1916-1997) #5898
Overall Size:7x6x3 cm
Crystals:.2-28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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