Mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates.
A common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
1 Total sales volumes of zircon , rutile and synthetic rutile dropped by one-fifth.
2 Or at least that's the idea behind the latest video from composer zircon .
3 If the zircon is finely ground, 15 minutes are sufficient for this operation.
4 The transition is from the zircon structure to the fergusonite-type …
5 They are too hot, so zircon should be dissolving... but there they are.
6 He was half a winter trying out what he found, from arsenic to zircon .
7 We report a high-pressure experimental and theoretical investigation of the structural properties of zircon - type HoVO4.
8 This contract, the specific terms of which are confidential, is with a major European zircon consumer.
9 The calculated elastic constants show that the zircon structure becomes mechanically unstable beyond the transition pressure.
10 So, what do you do with the age of a zircon that is in a sedimentary deposit?
11 If finely divided zircon is boiled for a long time with caustic lye, it is perceptibly attacked.
12 Irish titanium and zircon miner Kenmare Resources reported a record shipment of its products in the second quarter.
13 This particular talk focused on work combining halfnium isotope measurements with uranium-lead ages from the same zircon grain.
14 The portion insoluble in water is readily dissolved in hydrofluoric acid, and is converted into zircon potassium fluoride.
15 One especially fruitful approach uses zircon , a mineral that contains zirconium, the pawnshop heartbreaker and knockoff jewelry substitute.
16 TiZir operates a titanium dioxide and zircon business in Senegal and Norway that mainly supplies the paint industry.
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