zircon
mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates
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Summary
zircon is a mineral species[1]. zircon ranks in the top 1% of mineral species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,346 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: gold[3]
- Made from material: zirconium[4]
- Chemical formula: ZrSiO₄[5]
- Subclass of: zircon mineral group[6], nesosilicates[7]
- Commons category: Zircon[8]
- Streak color: white[9]
- Crystal system: tetragonal crystal system[10]
- IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)[11]
- Point group: ditetragonal-dipyramidal[12]
- Space group: space group I4₁/amd[13]
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): VIII/A.07[14]
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 9.AD.30[15]
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 9.AD.30[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Zircon[17]
- Mohs' hardness: 7.5[18]
- Described by source: Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[23]
- Different from: zirconium[24]
- Density: 4.65[25]
- Type locality (geology): Arendal[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[27]
- Poisson's ratio: 0.293[28]
- Bulk modulus: 202030000000.0[29]
- Shear modulus: 97007000000.0[30]
- IMA Mineral Symbol: Zrn[31]
- P14541: 3ITltz[32]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for zircon include zirconium[33], a chemical element[34] and hafnon[35], a mineral species[36].
Why It Matters
zircon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] zircon is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for zircon include zirconium[33], a chemical element[34] and hafnon[35], a mineral species[36].