Zircon [ ZrSiO4 ]

Images of Zircon

Material properties

Formula ZrSiO4
Abbreviation Zrn
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1789
Crystal symmetry Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm, Space group I41/amd (#141)
Classifications Zircon (group), Minerals containing SiO4
Member Cyrtolite
Variants Er doped, Dy doped, Sm doped, Nd doped, Ho doped, Hf, Yb doped, kimberlite, metamict, Tm doped, Eu doped, synthetic
Related materials Cyrtolite, Reidite
Luminescence emitters Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, Intrinsic, Mn, Nd, Pr, SiO3, SiO4, SiOm[n-], Sm, Tb, Tm, U, Unspecified, UO2, Yb
Spectra Luminescence (25), SXES (1)
Search other databases webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags Mineral, Silicate, Synthetic, Variety

Composition

Element Atoms
Si 1
O 4
Zr 1
Total: 6

References for Zircon

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
CSIRO SXES database 0 1 1
Cesbron et al. 1995 46 0 0
Finch et al. 2004 20 0 0
Gaft et al. 1998 1 0 0
Gaft et al. 2005 31 11 11
Götze 2000c 2 1 1
Hamblen 2003 0 0 4
Ilchenko et al. 2025 3 0 0
Lenz et al. 2015 186 7 0
Mariano 1978 2 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2011 1 1 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2024 4 1 0
Tarashchan 1978 20 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 7 2 1
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar) 0 2 0

Specimens of Zircon

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1348 Pyrope CSIRO Magnetite, Pyrope, Quartz, Zircon (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
P-0670 Zircon:Hf,Yb CSIRO Zircon (var. Hf, Yb doped) — 1 CL
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite (var. REE), Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon — 3 CL
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. Mn), K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite — 46 CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite — 27 CL, EDS
Zircon (#1, Spruce Pine, NC) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Zircon — 0 —
Zircon (#2, Afghanistan) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Zircon — 0 —
ZrSiO4 Hyper2-31 CSIRO Zircon — 2 CL/SEM, SXES