Zircon

  
  
Origin: St Peters Dome, El Paso Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 6.7 x 3.8 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Zircon with arfvedsonite
Origin: Kipawa alkaline complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada
Sample size: 3.5 x 1.7 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Zircon on biotite
Origin: Seiland, Norway
Sample size: 7.1 x 6.0 x 4.9 cm
 
  
Origin: Tuxedo, Henderson Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 6.3 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
 
  
Zircon in basalt, hyacinth is the old name for zircon
Origin: Tungfernberg, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Wesphalia, Germany
Ex. Richard Hauck collection
Sample size: 5.4 x 5.1 x 2.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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