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Zircon — specimen 0630, photo © NMNHS
Zircon — specimen 0630, photo © NMNHS

Zirconspecimen 0630

Origin

Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Zircon — specimen 0630, locality map
Data

Weight: 0.56 ct; size: 5.41 | 4.72 | 2.82 mm; shape: hexagon; colour: colourless; clarity: slightly included; cut: excellent; treatment: heating.
Notes

Slightly included specimen; design ‘Hexamixtum S 41-32’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.

Other specimens
Zircon — specimen 0145Zircon — specimen 0212Zircon — specimen 0595Zircon — specimen 0596Zircon — specimen 0519Zircon — specimen 0521

More information from ‘Classification’


An accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks, with crystals reaching large size in mafic pegmatites and carbonatites; in sedimentary rocks and alluvial sands (Anthony et al., 2001—2005).