Origin: Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandaly Div., Burma
Sample size: 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
This specimen of marble hosts a couple of cinnamon coloured crystals of zircon
to 1.1 cm across.
Origin: Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 5.4 x 4 x 3 cm
Origin: Bulbin, near Astor, Wazirat District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Sample size: 5.4 x 3.2 x 2 cm
Origin: Seiland, Norway
Sample size: 6 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Origin: Kippewa Rare Earth Complex, Temiscamingue County, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Zircon to 1.1 cm with
arfvedsonite on feldspar matrix
Zircon crystals to 0.5 cm across on feldspar matrix
Zircon crystals up to 1.6 cm in length
Origin: Chilwa Alkaline Area, Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi, Africa
Sample size: 4 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm (top), 6 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm (2nd row), 4.6 x 3 x 2.8
cm (3rd/bottom row)
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