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Massicot - Sold
- Carachilas
- Baja California
- Mexico
- 4.4 by 2.0 by 1.6 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Massicot is a lead oxide mineral. Huot (1841) named the mineral after an early Arabic word, carried over from Spanish mazacote. This is a rather solid mass of massicot, without matrix, but probably with minor minium admixture.
