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Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Store Kufjord, Seiland Island, Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

The exposed main crystal is 20 mm across, it shows dark red color, sharp termination and highly lustrous faces. It is set on very light, glossy shists matrix. Specimens of this size, well-exposed and on matrix are hard to obtain today and I have seen only a few in the last decade or so turn up, from old collections.The locality was discoverd in 1973, most amterial came out until end of the 80ties.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White