Min. [Named 1838 by Berthier crocoise, f. Gr. κροκόεις saffron-colored; altered by Dana in 1844 to crocoisite, and in 1868 to crocoite.] Native chromate of lead, a mineral of a red or orange color.
1844. Alger, Phillips’ Min., 554. Crocoise.
1861. Dana, Min., 629.
