Mineral: | Reidite: ZrSiO4
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Comments: | Scanning electron microscope photomicrograph of the surface of an etched shocked zircon with a skeletal crystalline phase that may be reidite. X-ray diffraction data indicate that this zircon contains minor amounts of reidite. (AmMin 87:563). |
Location: | Found in an upper Eocene impact ejecta layer in marine sediments on the upper continental slope off New Jersey and on Barbados. |
Scale: | See Image. |
Copyright: | © American Mineralogist |
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