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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)

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 81358
Mineral:Crocoite
Locality:Berezovsk Gold Mine (Berezovskii), Sverdlovsk Oblast', Middle Ural Mountains, Russia (Type Locality for Crocoite)
Description:Many lustrous translucent red-orange elongated crocoite crystals to 11 mm lying flat on brown matrix. The crocoite crystals formed in a thin fracture that restricted growth to thin crystals, and were exposed when the fracture was opened. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2008 from W. Kellogg
Overall Size:5x3x0.7 cm
Crystals:2-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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