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Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm
Description

Prismatic zircon crystals of brown colour and net tetragonal habit, typical for the species, with rounded edges cause these are found in gem rich fluvial gravels at the Ratnapura area.

Exchanged by geologist Phillippe Cuvelier in 1990. Ex Phillippe Cuvelier specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

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

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