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Zircon & Pyrochlore

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Zircon & Pyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.2 × 3 cm
Description

Some yellow prismatic zircon crystals on sanidine with red, perfect pyrochlore

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

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

Pyrochlore

Synonym Of: 

Pyrochlore Group

Formula: 
A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Strunz: 
4
Hardness: 
5 - 5.5
Group Parent: 
Pyrochlore Group