Gorgeous Crocoite Crystals on Matrix Red Lead Mine Old Piece Dundas Tasmania

  
CROCOITE: Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia. Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.0 x 4.4cm, small cabinet. This is an old and beautiful piece with big crystals from the famous Red Lead Mine in Tasmania where some of the earliest mining for this lead chromate mineral took place. The Crocoite features several large, classic, prismatic, lustrous and bright, burnt-orange colored crystals on matrix.

These stunning crystals range from less than a centimeter up to 4cm in length with all of them translucent with fiery orange internal reflections! Some of the smaller ones are transparent. The four larger crystals front and center on the piece are from 2.5 to 4cm in length and one is terminated and hollow! The big crystals lay somewhat flat on the matrix with many of the smaller ones more three-dimensional which, for a delicate mineral such as Crocoite is a great thing since they are not readily exposed for breakage.

Crocoite is really only known from a few places in the world in great crystallized examples. Thank you for reviewing this listing and see my other items! The item "Gorgeous Crocoite Crystals on Matrix Red Lead Mine Old Piece Dundas Tasmania" is in sale since Sunday, May 30, 2021.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Rocks, Fossils & Minerals\Crystals & Mineral Specimens\Display Specimens". The seller is "topcat10" and is located in Lead, South Dakota. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.