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Mindat Short Description

Zircon Group. The zirconium analogue of Thorite and Hafnon. Zircon-Hafnon Series. The low-pressure dimorph of Reidite.

Zircon, zirconium orthosilicate, is found in most igneous rocks and some metamorphic rocks as small crystals or grains, mostly wid...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication.

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Zr(SiO₄)

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Zr⁴⁺SiO₄

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/zircon.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Zircon.shtml