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| Name: | Zircon Zrn |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #254: Zircon  #427: Zircon Brazil  #878: Zircon Laacher Sees Caldera, Rhineland, Germany  #1181: Zircon Rweko, NKasi District, Rukwa Region, Tanzania |
| IMA Chemistry: | Zr(SiO4) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Zircon contains elements: Zirconium (Zr) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Sri Lanka |
| Year First Published: | 1789 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. |
| Structural Group Name: | Zircon |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | zircon |
| Crystal Systems: | tetragonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 7.5 |
| Diaphaneity: | 1.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 4.65 |
| Dispersion: | 0.039 |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Zircon (Wiki) Search Mindat: Zircon Search Web Mineral DB: Zircon |
Data appearing on this page is derived from the IMA Database of Mineral Properties. Not all properties are applicable to or available for all minerals.