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crocoisite

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cro⋅co⋅ite

  [kroh-koh-ahyt, krok-oh-]
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–noun
a yellow, orange, or red mineral, lead chromate, PbCrO4, formed by replacement.
Also called cro⋅co⋅i⋅site  [kroh-koh-uh-zahyt, krok-oh-] .

Origin:
1835–45; < Gk krokó(eis) saffron-colored + -ite 1 ; see crocus
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croc·o·ite   (krŏk'ō-īt', krō'kō-)   
n.  A rare lead chromate mineral, PbCrO4, that forms brilliant orange crystals.

[Alteration of French crocoise, from Greek krokoeis, saffron-colored, from krokos, saffron; see crocus.]
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