Zircon Mineral Gallery

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Deep red-wine colored, lustrous, internally bright zircon crystals in matrix.
Location: Thorfjord, Seiland, Alta, Norway. Scale: 13 x 10.5 x 9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Cathodoluminescence image of earth's oldest-known mineral (zircon grain - W74/2-36) with inset concordia plot showing the 4,404 billion year old region. Note the oscillatory zoning in the outer rim. Image by John W. Valley.
Location: Interlayered red quartzites and metaconglomerates, Jack Hills, Western Australia. Scale: See Image.
© University of Wisconsin

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Clear, crystalline zircon prism with pyramidal termination.
Location: Laacher See, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zircon: ZrSiO4  
Perrierite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22  
Pyrochlore: (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)  
Loparite-(Ce): (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6

Comments: Reddish black perrierite crystal, with orange-brown pyrochlore crystal, yellow-brown zircon, and grayish-black loparite.
Location: Buer, Bjorkedalen, Langesundfjord, Telemark, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Deep red-wine colored, lustrous, internally bright zircon crystals in matrix.
Location: Thorfjord, Seiland, Alta, Norway. Scale: 13 x 10.5 x 9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Cathodoluminescence image of earth's oldest-known mineral (zircon grain - W74/2-36) with inset concordia plot showing the 4,404 billion year old region. Note the oscillatory zoning in the outer rim. Image by John W. Valley.
Location: Interlayered red quartzites and metaconglomerates, Jack Hills, Western Australia. Scale: See Image.
© University of Wisconsin

Zircon: ZrSiO4

Comments: Clear, crystalline zircon prism with pyramidal termination.
Location: Laacher See, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zircon: ZrSiO4  
Perrierite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22  
Pyrochlore: (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)  
Loparite-(Ce): (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6

Comments: Reddish black perrierite crystal, with orange-brown pyrochlore crystal, yellow-brown zircon, and grayish-black loparite.
Location: Buer, Bjorkedalen, Langesundfjord, Telemark, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zirconolite-2M: CaZrTi2O7

Comments: Brown needles of zirconolite-2M in quartz.
Location: In den Dellen, Mendig, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany. Scale: Not given.
© Diederik Visser

Zirconolite-2M: CaZrTi2O7

Comments: Brown needles of zirconolite-2M in quartz.
Location: In den Dellen, Mendig, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany. Scale: Not given.
© Diederik Visser

Zirconolite-3O: (Ca,Fe,Y,Th)2Fe(Ti,Nb)3Zr2O7

Comments: Brown needles of zirconolite-3O in quartz matrix.
Location: In den Dellen, Mendig, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany. Scale: Specimen Size < 1x1 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Zirconolite-3O: (Ca,Fe,Y,Th)2Fe(Ti,Nb)3Zr2O7

Comments: Brown needles of zirconolite-3O in quartz matrix.
Location: In den Dellen, Mendig, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany. Scale: Specimen Size < 1x1 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Zirconolite-3T: CaZrTi2O7

Comments: Dark brown platy hexagonal zirconolite=3Tcrystals on sanidine.
Location: Castellaccio di Petrignano near Vetrella, Lazio,Viterbo, Italy. Scale: Specimen Size 3x4 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Zirconolite-3T: CaZrTi2O7

Comments: Dark brown platy hexagonal zirconolite=3Tcrystals on sanidine.
Location: Castellaccio di Petrignano near Vetrella, Lazio,Viterbo, Italy. Scale: Specimen Size 3x4 cm.
© Diederik Visser