Zircon

Zircon
Cirkon, Cirkonas, Cyrkon, Zircão, Zircón, Zircone, Zirkon, Zirkoni, Zirkoon, ジルコン, Циркон, 鋯石, זירקון

Commonly known rarer (so called collectors stones) very rare (rarities) relatively rare organic material

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Formula: Zr[SiO₄]
Mineral class: silicates
Crystal system: tetragonal
Mohs scale: 6.5 - 7.5
Density (g/cm³): 3.9 - 4.71
Cleavage: indistinct
Colors: colorless, all colors
Luster: adamantine - vitreous - greasy
Fluorescence: blue Zircon: slightly orange; red and brown Zircon: slightly yellow
Pleochroism: light - dark
Largest Zircon: 10 x 10 x 30 cm / 7 kg (Brudenell / Ontario / Canada)
Deposits: worldwide
Discovery: ?
1st Description: 1892

Zircon

Weight: 2.09 ct

Origin: Cambodia

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Zircon Mineral / Micromount

Origin: Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. / Ettringen / Eifel Mts. / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany. Collection Willi Schüller.

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Zircon

Weight: 2.00 ct

Origin: Madagascar

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Zircon

Weight: 4.56 ct

Origin: Tanzania

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Zircon Mineral / Micromount

Origin: Zinggenstöcke Mts. / Hasli Valley / Bern / Switzerland.

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Zircon

Weight: 0.85 ct

Origin: Cambodia

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Zircon Mineral / Micromount

Origin: Laacher See Region / Eifel Mts. / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany.

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Zircon

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Zircon

Weight: 4.33 ct

Origin: Madagascar

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Zircon Mineral / Micromount

Origin: Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. / Ettringen / Eifel Mts. / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany

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Zircon

Weight: 1.47 ct

Origin: Cambodia

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Zircon

Weight: 11.01 ct

Origin: Tanzania

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Zircon

Weight: 6.54 ct

Origin: Africa

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Zircon

Origin: Sri Lanka

Weight: 1.75 ct

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Zircon

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Zircon Mineral

Origin: Thurfjord / Norway

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Zircon

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Zircon Mineral

Size of the crystal: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm

Origin: Gilgit / Pakistan

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Zircon Mineral

Origin: Astor / Diamar Distr. / Pakistan

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Zircon

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Zircon

Weight: 3.58 ct

Origin: Oh Saung Taung / Le-Oo / Mogok / Myanmar

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Zircon

Weight: 0.81 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Zircon Mineral

Size: 4.1 x 2.7 x 1.85 cm

Origin: St Peters Dome / Cheyenne Distr. / El Paso County / Colorado / USA

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Zircon

Weight: 1.40 ct

Origin: Madagascar

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Zircon

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Zircon

Weight: 1.46 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Zircon Cat's Eye

Weight: 1.74 ct

Origin: Sri Lanka

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Zircon color change

Weight: 2.33 ct

Origin: SE Asia

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