crocoite

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crocoite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crocoite \Cro"co*ite\ (kr?"k?-?t), n. [Gr. ???? saffron.] (Min.)
     Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red
     color; -- called also red lead ore.
     [1913 Webster]