Zircon
Images
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
SXES spectrum of Zircon
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Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
CL spectrum of Zircon from the Tista River, Bangladesh
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Zircon
CL spectrum of zircon. Fig46 in Götze 2000c.
Properties
| Formula | ZrSiO4 |
| Abbreviation | Zrn |
| Variants | synthetic, Ho doped, metamict, Hf, Yb doped, Tm doped, Sm doped, Er doped, Nd doped, Dy doped, Eu doped |
| Classification | Zircon (group) |
| Member | Cyrtolite |
| Luminescence emitters | Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, Intrinsic, Nd, Pr, SiOm[n-], Sm, Tb, Tm, U, Unspecified, UO2, Yb |
| Spectra | Luminescence (25), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1789 |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Related materials | Cyrtolite, Reidite |
| Crystal symmetry | Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm, Space group I41/amd (#141) |
| Tags | Mineral, Silicate, Synthetic, Variety, Silicate , Synthetic |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Si | 1 |
| O | 4 |
| Zr | 1 |
| Total: | 6 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cesbron et al. 1995 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Finch et al. 2004 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaft et al. 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaft et al. 2005 | 31 | 11 | 11 |
| Götze 2000c | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hamblen 2003 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lenz et al. 2015 | 186 | 7 | 0 |
| Mariano 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CSIRO CL spectra 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CSIRO CL spectra 2024 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 2 | 0 |