Is Crocoite a Quartz?
In the Type Locality the Crystals Are Found in Gold-Bearing Quartz-Veins Traversing Granite or Gneiss and Associated with Crocoite Are Quartz, Embreyite...
In the type locality the crystals are found in gold-bearing quartz-veins traversing granite or gneiss and associated with crocoite are quartz, embreyite, phoenicochroite and vauquelinite. ... Crocoite is also the official Tasmanian mineral emblem.
What is crocoite used for?
Crocoite or lead chromate (PbCrO4) was used as a yellow pigment in paint, resulting in the color Chrome Yellow (as on school buses in the United States). Due to the toxicity of both the Pb and Cr, the pigment was discontinued.
Is crocoite a rare mineral?
Crocoite, a lead chromate of intense red-orange colour, is a rare mineral whose world's best Australian locality is confined to only a few mines at Dundas, on the west coast of Tasmania.
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