Zircon

  
Origin: near Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Sample size: 2.1 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec
Sample size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
 
Origin: Tigerville, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
 
Origin: Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.7 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Red-brown zircon crystals of 1-3 mm in matrix
Origin: Svensken II, Tvedalen, Norway
Sample size: micromount
 
Fanning aggregate of redbrown zircon, variety cyrtolite
Origin: Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 1 x 2 cm
 
Variety malakon
Origin: Hytteroe, Norway
Sample size: 5 crystals in a glass vial

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Zircon on biotite schist
Origin: Seiland,  Norway, Europe
Sample size: 7.2 x 5 x 4 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Tehom Rom, Ba Long, Cambodia
Ex. Mark Wrigley collection
Sample size: 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Ambilipitiya, Kataragama, Sri Lanka, Asia
Sample size: 2.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Origin: Miass, Ural Mountains, Russia
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 8 x 11 x 13 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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