crocoite

[kroh-koh-ahyt, krok-oh-]

noun

1. a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO 4 , formed by replacement.

crocoite

/ krəʊˈkəʊɪˌsaɪt, ˈkrəʊkəʊˌaɪt, ˈkrəʊkwəˌsaɪt /

noun

1. Also called: red-lead ore. a rare orange secondary mineral consisting of lead chromate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: PbCrO 4

Word History and Origins

Origin of crocoite¹

1835–45; < Greek krokó ( eis ) saffron-colored + -ite ¹; crocus

Word History and Origins

Origin of crocoite¹

C19: from Greek krokoeis saffron-coloured, golden + _-ite ¹

Example Sentences

The exhibit includes some spectacular examples, like an intense blue-green chrysocolla; a pockmarked, deep orange crocoite; and a glittery, blood-red chunk of rhodochrosite.

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Called crocoite, it resembled bright orange-red needles.

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It was discovered at Berezovsk near Ekaterinburg in the Urals in 1766; and named crocoise by F. S. Beudant in 1832, from the Greek κρόκος, saffron, in allusion to its colour, a name first altered to crocoisite and afterwards to crocoite.

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Associated with crocoite at Berezovsk are the closely allied minerals phoenicochroite and vauquelinite.

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