Phoenicochroite, also known as melanochroite, is a lead chromate mineral with formula Pb2OCrO4.

It forms striking orange red crystals.

It was first discovered in 1839 in Beryozovskoye deposit, Urals, Russia.

[2] It is named from the Greek word φοίυικος for "deep red" and χρόα for "color", in allusion to its color.

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