Formula: ZrO2
Origin of name: For Joseph Baddeley, discoverer of mineral
Crystal system: Monoclinic
Crystal class: 2/m
Twinning:
Unit cell:
Colour: Colourless to yellow, green, reddish or greenish brown, brown to nearly black
Diaphaneity:
Luster: Greasy to vitreous
Habit: Crystals short to long prismatic; tabular, equant; botryoidal masses
Hardness: 6.5
Specific gravity: 5.739
Cleavage: 3; {001} nearly perfect, {010} and {110} imperfect
Tenacity:
Streak: White to brownish white
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