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