Zircon Group
A group of related mineral species
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About Zircon Group
Formula:
MSiO4
A group of simple tetragonal silicates where M = tetravalent Zr, Th, Hf, Ce.
Isotypic with the xenotime group and chromatite.
Isotypic with the xenotime group and chromatite.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
39501
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:39501:0
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
761a7fe1-587f-4b8b-9c4c-dc1774f8850e
Chemistry of Zircon Group
Mindat Formula:
MSiO4
Crystal Structure
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0000083 | Coffinite | Fuchs L H, Gebert E (1958) X-ray studies of synthetic coffinite, thorite and uranothorites American Mineralogist 43 243-248 | 1958 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000871 | Hafnon | Speer J A, Cooper B J (1982) Crystal structure of synthetic hafnon, HfSiO4, comparison with zircon and the actinide orthosilicates American Mineralogist 67 804-808 | 1982 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000084 | Thorite | Fuchs L H, Gebert E (1958) X-ray studies of synthetic coffinite, thorite and uranothorites American Mineralogist 43 243-248 | 1958 | 0 | 293 | ||
0009633 | Thorite | Taylor M, Ewing R C (1978) The crystal structure of the ThSiO4 polymorphs: huttonite and thorite Acta Crystallographica B34 1074-1079 | 1978 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
0000237 | Zircon | Robinson K, Gibbs G V, Ribbe P H (1971) The structure of zircon: A comparison with garnet American Mineralogist 56 782-790 | 1971 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000697 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure crystal No. 1, 1 atm - before P American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 0 | 293 | ||
0000698 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 0.98 | 293 | ||
0000699 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 1.74 | 293 | ||
0000700 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 2.32 | 293 | ||
0000701 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 2.89 | 293 | ||
0000702 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 3.71 | 293 | ||
0000703 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 4.2 | 293 | ||
0000704 | Zircon | Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure American Mineralogist 64 196-201 | 1979 | 4.81 | 293 | ||
0002643 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002644 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002645 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002646 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002647 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002648 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002649 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002650 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0002651 | Zircon | Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution American Mineralogist 86 681-689 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0006906 | Zircon | Kolesov B A, Geiger C A, Armbruster T (2001) The dynamic properties of zircon studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy European Journal of Mineralogy 13 939-948 | 2001 | 0 | 293 | ||
0018123 | Zircon | Wyckoff W, Hendricks S (1927) Die Kristallstruktur von Zirkon und die Kriterien fur spezielle Lagen in tetragonalen Raumgruppen. _cod_database_code 1011263 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 66 73-102 | 1927 | 0 | 293 | ||
0011201 | Zircon | Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83 | 1963 | 0 | 293 | ||
0011237 | Zircon | Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Sample at 1123 K Body centered cubic, bcc, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83 | 1963 | 0 | 293 | ||
0018125 | Zircon | Binks W (1926) The crystalline structure of zircon. _cod_database_code 1011265 Mineralogical Magazine 21 176-187 | 1926 | 0 | 293 | ||
0014728 | Stetindite-(Ce) | Schluter J, Malcherek T, Husdal T A (2009) The new mineral stetindite, CeSiO4, a cerium end-member of the zircon group Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 186 195-200 | 2009 | Stetind pegmatite, Tysfjord, Norway | 0 | 293 | |
0015318 | Stetindite-(Ce) | Skakle J M S, Dickson C L, Glasser F P (2000) The crystal structures of CeSiO4 and Ca2Ce8(SiO4)6O2 Powder Diffraction 15 234-238 | 2000 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
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Relationship of Zircon Group to other Species
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Zircon Group in petrology
An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.
Internet Links for Zircon Group
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References for Zircon Group
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Significant localities for Zircon Group
Showing 28 significant localities out of 10,231 recorded on mindat.org.
Locality List
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Atlantic Ocean | |
| [Reidite] |
[Reidite] | |
[Reidite] | |
Barbados | |
| [Reidite] |
Canada | |
| [Thorite] |
| [Zircon] |
[Zircon] | |
| [Zircon] |
| [Zircon] |
China | |
| [Zircon] |
Mozambique | |
| [Hafnon] |
Norway | |
| [Zircon var: Oerstedtite] |
| [Zircon var: Alvite] |
| [Zircon var: Alvite] |
| [Zircon var: Alvite] |
| [Stetindite-(Ce)] |
| [Zircon] |
| [Thorite] |
UK | |
| [Zircon] |
USA | |
| [Zircon] |
| [Coffinite] |
| [Zircon] |
[Zircon] | |
| [Thorite var: Thorogummite] |
| [Thorite] |
| [Hafnon] |
| [Thorite var: Thorogummite] |
| [Zircon var: Cyrtolite] |
Astore Valley, Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan