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D3Q-NA3Crocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 40 mm x 30 mm

A specimen showing fine needles of crocoite, about 40mm across.
Copyright: © R Bottrill      Photo ID: 426245     Uploaded by: Ralph S Bottrill   Approval date: 2011-11-20   View Count: 223   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2816 x 1880 pixels (5.3 Mpix)

HAK-C4GCrocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 8 mm

Crocoite crystals on white dundasite.
Copyright: © Pat Sutton      Photo ID: 576517     Uploaded by: Pat Sutton   Approval date: 2013-12-04   View Count: 171   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 5616 x 3744 pixels (21.0 Mpix)

E28-60MCerussite (Var: Chrome-Cerussite) PbCO3

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5 cm x 3.3 cm

6.5 x 5 x 3.3 cm. Sharp crystals of this very rare chromian-rich, bright yellow, variety of cerussite. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.
Copyright: © Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com      Photo ID: 180029     Uploaded by: Robert Lavinsky   Approval date: 2008-08-16   View Count: 791   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 600 x 474 pixels (0.3 Mpix)

0T6-9L2Crocoite PbCr6+O4 , Cerussite (Var: Chrome-Cerussite) PbCO3

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Crocoite pseudomorph of cerussite arrowhead. Field of view 2mm
Copyright: © 2002, Steve Sorrell, crocoite.com      Photo ID: 3142     Uploaded by: Steve Sorrell   Approval date: 2002-01-01   View Count: 1404   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 400 x 300 pixels (0.1 Mpix)

YPF-M7CCrocoite PbCr6+O4 , Goethite Fe3+O(OH)

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 2.9 cm x 2.2 cm x 1.3 cm

Intergrowth composed of numerous brilliant orange, crudely terminated Crocoite crystals with a small amount of dark brown Goethite gossan matrix.
Personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.
Copyright: © Eugene & Sharon Cisneros      Photo ID: 1134975     Uploaded by: Eugene & Sharon Cisneros   Approval date: 2021-04-06   View Count: 92   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2182 x 2010 pixels (4.4 Mpix)

View of main adit

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

View of main adit, with John Bishop (owner) and Sue Koepke.
Copyright: © R Bottrill      Photo ID: 817040     Uploaded by: Ralph S Bottrill   Approval date: 2017-04-22   View Count: 294   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 3200 x 2400 pixels (7.7 Mpix)

DQA-D6JCerussite (Var: Chrome-Cerussite) PbCO3 , Crocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 5.9 cm x 5.1 cm x 3.3 cm

5.9 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm. This specimen has an unusual type of cerussite with discrete coloration due to chromium rich content, and the sharp crystals reach .7 cm across. Studded on the cerussite are bright orange prisms of crocoite, to .3 cm across. Ex. Dr. Edward David Collection.
Copyright: © Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com      Photo ID: 177812     Uploaded by: Robert Lavinsky   Approval date: 2008-08-02   View Count: 848   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 705 x 800 pixels (0.6 Mpix)

4L6-UP8Crocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Dimensions: 6 cm x 2 cm x 4 cm

From the personal collection of 'Bish', or John Bishop, the owner of the mine. Crocoite on corondite. Recent specimens appear to be uncommon, and not as impressive as the early days, when specimens were said to rival the lustrous deep red jackstraw aggregates of the Adelaide Mine.

6cm x 2cm x 4cm
Photo ID: 483489     Uploaded by: Kim Macdonald   Approval date: 2012-08-26   View Count: 228   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 4928 x 3264 pixels (16.1 Mpix)

JFT-J8YCrocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 5 cm

Copyright: © S. Staude      Photo ID: 604834     Uploaded by: Sebastian Staude   Approval date: 2014-04-05   View Count: 325   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2158 x 1619 pixels (3.5 Mpix)

AF9-T84Crocoite PbCr6+O4

West Comet Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Field of View: 5 mm

Width of view 5mm. Stack of 150 images.
Copyright: © crocoite.com      Photo ID: 1236672     Uploaded by: Steve Sorrell   Approval date: 2022-08-11   View Count: 74   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 8688 x 5792 pixels (50.3 Mpix)
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