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Crocoite on Gibbsite from Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia

 
Crocoite on Gibbsite from Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia

Crocoite on Gibbsite from Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia

DESCRIPTION:No. 54150
Mineral:Crocoite on Gibbsite
Locality:Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Description:Elongated transparent orange crocoite crystals up to 10 mm long in a shallow cavity lined with yellow gibbsite microcrystals. Though most crocoite crystals intersected adjacent crystals or the pocket wall, a few are completely terminated.
Overall Size:6x5.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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