Zircon
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Tetragonal
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Heavy (3.2 to 5)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Colourless, Red, Yellow, Brown
- Lustre
- Brilliant
- Use
- Gemstone, Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Zircon crystals from Western Australia, about 4.4 billion years old, are the oldest known pieces of Earth's crust.
- Cubic zirconia, the diamond lookalike, is a different material and not zircon.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q178928 · All stones · All entries