2.85" Crocoite With Gibbsite - Adelaide Mine, Tasmania

This is a 2.85" wide cluster of bright orange crocoite crystals, some coated with beige colored gibbsite. It comes from the famous Adelaide Mine in Tasmania. Due the fragility of the crystals it has been mounted to a clear, acrylic base both from shipping and display.

Crocoite is a rare, brilliant red-orange mineral consisting of lead chromate. It was first discovered in Russia and has since only been found in only a few other localities around the world. The crystals often form as long, slender prisms arranged in dense clusters.

The Adelaide Mine in Tasmania, Australia is undoubtedly the world’s most famous producer of crocoite specimens. While the mine has been worked over the last few decades, only a small number of pockets of top-quality crocoite have been found. One pocket was located in the 1970s, another in the 1990s, and most of the recent material is coming from a single large pocket found in 2010.




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DETAILS
SPECIES
Crocoite & Gibbsite
LOCATION
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
SIZE
2.85 x 2.4 x 1.6"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#147979