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Zircon R050488

Name: Zircon
RRUFF ID: R050488
Ideal Chemistry: Zr(SiO₄)
Locality: Sigulani Village, Tambani Area, Blantyre District, Nyassaland
Source: California Institute of Technology W-21066
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Zircon (35) ]

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050488.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Zr_0.99Hf_0.01)_Σ=1Si_1.00O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented and mounted on a pin.

Pin ID:

L00554

Orientation:

Laser parallel to c* (0 0 1). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to a [1 0 0].

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Raman Mode Analysis

BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R050488

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050488.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050488.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.6058(5)Å b: 6.6058(5)Å c: 5.9818(8)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 261.03(4)Å³ Crystal System: tetragonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Zircon
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100 [view file]
Rome de l´Isle J B L (1783) Genre VII. Cristaux-Gemmes. Espèce III. Rubis spinelle octaèdre, in Cristallographie, Volume 2, 2nd Edition De L´Imprimerie de Monsieur Paris 224-230 [view file]
Kirwan R (1794) Seventh genus. Jargon. Zircon of the Germans, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 333-334 [view file]
Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]
Nicola J H, Rutt H N (1974) A comparative study of zircon (ZrSiO₄) and hafnon (HfSiO₄) Raman spectra, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 1381-1386
Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 64, 196-201 [view file]
Černý P, Siivola J (1980) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba XII. Hafnian zircon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 313-321 [view file]
Kisi E H, Howard C J, Hill R J (1989) Crystal structure of orthorhombic zirconia in partially stabilized zirconia, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 72, 1757-1760
Armstrong R A, Compston W, Wit M J, Williams I S (1990) The stratigraphy of the 3.5-3.2 Ga Barberton Greenstone Belt revisited: a single zircon ion microprobe study, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 101, 90-106
Arndt N T, Nelson D R, Compston W, Trendall A F, Thorne A M (1991) The age of the Fortescue Group, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia, from ion microprobe zircon U-Pb results, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38, 261-281
Halden N M, Hawthorne F C, Campbell J L, Teesdale W J, Maxwell J A, Higuchi D (1993) Chemical characterization of oscillatory zoning and overgrowths in zircon using 3 MeV μ-PIXE, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 637-647 [view file]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Hoskin P W O, Rodgers K A (1996) Raman spectral shift in the isomorphous series (Zr_1-xHf_x)SiO₄, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry, 33, 1111-1121
Wang R C, Fontan F, Xu S J, Chen X M (1996) Hafnian zircon from the apical part of the Suzhou granite, China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1001-1010 [view file]
Pan Y (1997) Zircon- and monazite-forming metamorphic reactions at Manitouwadge, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 105-118 [view file]
Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution, American Mineralogist, 86, 681-689 [view file]
Kolesov B A, Geiger C A, Armbruster T (2001) The dynamic properties of zircon studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 939-948
Nasdala L, Wenzel M, Vavra G, Irmer G, Wenzel T, Kober B (2001) Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 141, 125-144
Moelo Y, Lulzac Y, Rouer O, Palvadeau, Gloaguen E, Léone P (2002) Scandium mineralogy: pretulite with scandian zircon and xenotime-(Y) within an apatite-rich oolitic ironstone from Saint-Aubin-des-Chåteaux, Armorican Massif, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1657-1673 [view file]
Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]
Nasdala L, Zhang M, Kempe U, Panczer G, Gaft M, Andrut M, Plötze M (2003) Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 53, 427-467
Gucsik A, Zhang M, Koeberl C, Salje E K H, Redfern S A T, Pruneda J M (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of ZrSiO₄ experimentally shocked at high pressures, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 801-811 [view file]
Titorenkova R, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (2006) Raman spectroscopic study of variably recrystallized metamict zircon from amphibolite-facies metagranites, Serbo-Macedonian massif, Bulgaria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1357-1366 [view file]
Wittmann A, Kenkmann T, Schmitt R T, Stöffler D (2006) Shock-metamorphosed zircon in terrestrial impact craters, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 41, 433-454 [view file]
Soba C P, Villaseca C, González Del Tánago J, and Nasdala L (2007) The composition of zircon in the peraluminous Hercynian granites of the Spanish Central System batholith, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 509-527 [view file]
Solgadi F, Moyen J F, Vanderhaeghe O, Sawyer E W, Reisberg L (2007) The role of crustal anatexis and mantle-derived magmas in the genesis of synorogenic Hercynian granites of the Livradois area, French Massif Central, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 581-606 [view file]
Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]
Marsellos A E, Garver J I (2010) Radiation damage and uranium concentration in zircon as assessed by Raman spectroscopy and neutron irradiation, American Mineralogist, 95, 1192-1201 [view file]
Bačík P, Uher P, Ertl A, Jonsson E, Nysten P, Kanický V, Vaculovič T (2012) Zoned REE-enriched dravite from a granitic pegmatite in Forshammar Bergslagen Province, Sweden: An EMPA, XRD and LA-ICP-MS study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 825-841 [view file]
Schmidt C, Steele-MacInnis M, Watenphul A, Wilke M (2013) Calibration of zircon as a Raman spectroscopic pressure sensor to high temperatures and application to water-silicate melt systems, American Mineralogist, 98, 643-650
McNeil A G, Linnen R L, Flemming R L (2015) Hydrothermal synthesis of columbite-(Mn), tantalite-(Mn), hafnon, and zircon at 800-850°C and 200MPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1073-1081
Sutherland F L, Coenraads R R, Abduriyim A, Meffre S, Hoskin P W O, Giuliani G, Beattie R, Wuhrer R, Sutherland G B (2015) Corundum (sapphire) and zircon relationships, Lava Plains gem fields, NE Australia: integrated mineralogy, geochemistry, age determination, genesis and geographical typing, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 545-581
Breiter K, Müller A, Shail R, Simons B (2016) Composition of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European Variscan rare-metal granites, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1273-1289
Grüneberger A M, Schmidt C, Jahn S, Rhede D, Loges A, Wilke M (2016) Interpretation of Raman spectra of the zircon–hafnon solid solution, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 721-733
Kempe U, Trinkler M, Pöpple A, Himcinschi (2016) Coloration of natural zircon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 635-660
Wong J, Verdel C, Allen C M (2017) Trace-element compositions of sapphire and ruby from the eastern Australian gemstone belt, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1551-1576
Zeng L, Niu H, Bao Z, Yang W (2017) Chemical lattice expansion of natural zircon during the magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of A-type granite, American Mineralogist, 102, 655-665
Capitani G, Mugnaioli E, Gentile P (2018) Submicrometer yttrian zircon coating and arborescent aeschynite microcrystals on truncated bipyramidal anatase: An electron microscopy study of miarolitic cavities in the Cuasso al Monte granophyre (Varese, Italy), American Mineralogist, 103, 480-488
Melnik O E, Bindeman I N (2018) Modeling of trace elemental zoning patterns in accessory minerals with emphasis on the origin of micrometer-scale oscillatory zoning in zircon, American Mineralogist, 103, 355-368
Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943
Stangarone C, Angel R J, Prencipe M, Campomenosi N, Mihailova B, Alvaro M (2019) Measurement of strains in zircon inclusions by Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 685-694
Stangarone C, Angel R J, Prencipe M , Mihailova B , Alvaro M (2019) New insights into the zircon-reidite phase transition, American Mineralogist, 104, 830-837
Tokuda M, Yoshiasa A, Kojitani H, Hashimoto S, Uehara S, Mashimo T, Tobase T, Akaogi M (2019) The importance of cation–cation repulsion in the zircon–reidite phase transition and radiation-damaged zircon, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 561-567
Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34
Campomenosi N, Rubatto D, Hermann J, Mihailova B, Scambelluri M, Alvaro M (2020) Establishing a protocol for the selection of zircon inclusions in garnet for Raman thermobarometry, American Mineralogist, 105, 992-1001
Rezvukhina O V, Korsakov A V, Rezvukhin D I, Mikhailenko D S, Zamyatin D A, Greshnyakov E D, Shur V Y (2020) Zircon from diamondiferous kyanite gneisses of the Kokchetav massif: Revealing growth stages using an integrated cathodoluminescence, Raman spectroscopy and electron microprobe approach, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 949-958 [view file]
Yang C M, Xu Y G, Xia X P, Gao Y Y, Zhang W F, Yang Y N, Yang Q, Zhang L (2022) Raman spectroscopy-based screening of zircon for reliable water content and oxygen isotope measurements, American Mineralogist, 107, 936-945

REFERENCES for Zircon

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Bras-de-Fer L (1778) (84) Terre (Élément), in Explication Morale du Jeu de Cartes; Anecdote Curieuse et Interessante Bruxelles 99-100 [view file]

Rome de l´Isle J B L (1783) Genre VII. Cristaux-Gemmes. Espèce III. Rubis spinelle octaèdre, in Cristallographie, Volume 2, 2nd Edition De L´Imprimerie de Monsieur Paris 224-230 [view file]

Kirwan R (1794) Seventh genus. Jargon. Zircon of the Germans, in Elements of Mineralogy, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 Elmsly London 333-334 [view file]

Hutton C O (1950) Studies of heavy detrital minerals, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 61, 635-710 [view file]

Nicola J H, Rutt H N (1974) A comparative study of zircon (ZrSiO₄) and hafnon (HfSiO₄) Raman spectra, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 7, 1381-1386

Hazen R M, Finger L W (1979) Crystal structure and compressibility of zircon at high pressure, American Mineralogist, 64, 196-201 [view file]

Černý P, Siivola J (1980) The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba XII. Hafnian zircon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 18, 313-321 [view file]

Kisi E H, Howard C J, Hill R J (1989) Crystal structure of orthorhombic zirconia in partially stabilized zirconia, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 72, 1757-1760

Armstrong R A, Compston W, Wit M J, Williams I S (1990) The stratigraphy of the 3.5-3.2 Ga Barberton Greenstone Belt revisited: a single zircon ion microprobe study, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 101, 90-106

Arndt N T, Nelson D R, Compston W, Trendall A F, Thorne A M (1991) The age of the Fortescue Group, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia, from ion microprobe zircon U-Pb results, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38, 261-281

Halden N M, Hawthorne F C, Campbell J L, Teesdale W J, Maxwell J A, Higuchi D (1993) Chemical characterization of oscillatory zoning and overgrowths in zircon using 3 MeV μ-PIXE, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 637-647 [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Hoskin P W O, Rodgers K A (1996) Raman spectral shift in the isomorphous series (Zr_1-xHf_x)SiO₄, European Journal of Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry, 33, 1111-1121

Wang R C, Fontan F, Xu S J, Chen X M (1996) Hafnian zircon from the apical part of the Suzhou granite, China, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 1001-1010 [view file]

Pan Y (1997) Zircon- and monazite-forming metamorphic reactions at Manitouwadge, Ontario, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 105-118 [view file]

Finch R J, Hanchar J M, Hoskin P W O, Burns P C (2001) Rare-earth elements in synthetic zircon: Part 2. A single-crystal X-ray study of xenotime substitution, American Mineralogist, 86, 681-689 [view file]

Kolesov B A, Geiger C A, Armbruster T (2001) The dynamic properties of zircon studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 939-948

Nasdala L, Wenzel M, Vavra G, Irmer G, Wenzel T, Kober B (2001) Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 141, 125-144

Moelo Y, Lulzac Y, Rouer O, Palvadeau, Gloaguen E, Léone P (2002) Scandium mineralogy: pretulite with scandian zircon and xenotime-(Y) within an apatite-rich oolitic ironstone from Saint-Aubin-des-Chåteaux, Armorican Massif, France, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1657-1673 [view file]

Shannon R D, Shannon R C, Medenbach O, Fischer R X (2002) Refractive index and dispersion of fluorides and oxides, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 31, 931-970 [view file]

Nasdala L, Zhang M, Kempe U, Panczer G, Gaft M, Andrut M, Plötze M (2003) Spectroscopic methods applied to zircon, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 53, 427-467

Gucsik A, Zhang M, Koeberl C, Salje E K H, Redfern S A T, Pruneda J M (2004) Infrared and Raman spectra of ZrSiO₄ experimentally shocked at high pressures, Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 801-811 [view file]

Titorenkova R, Mihailova B, Konstantinov L (2006) Raman spectroscopic study of variably recrystallized metamict zircon from amphibolite-facies metagranites, Serbo-Macedonian massif, Bulgaria, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1357-1366 [view file]

Wittmann A, Kenkmann T, Schmitt R T, Stöffler D (2006) Shock-metamorphosed zircon in terrestrial impact craters, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 41, 433-454 [view file]

Soba C P, Villaseca C, González Del Tánago J, and Nasdala L (2007) The composition of zircon in the peraluminous Hercynian granites of the Spanish Central System batholith, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 509-527 [view file]

Solgadi F, Moyen J F, Vanderhaeghe O, Sawyer E W, Reisberg L (2007) The role of crustal anatexis and mantle-derived magmas in the genesis of synorogenic Hercynian granites of the Livradois area, French Massif Central, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 581-606 [view file]

Glass B P, Fries M (2008) Micro-Raman spectroscopic study of fine-grained, shock-metamorphosed rock fragments from the Australasian microtektite layer, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1487-1496 [view file]

Marsellos A E, Garver J I (2010) Radiation damage and uranium concentration in zircon as assessed by Raman spectroscopy and neutron irradiation, American Mineralogist, 95, 1192-1201 [view file]

Bačík P, Uher P, Ertl A, Jonsson E, Nysten P, Kanický V, Vaculovič T (2012) Zoned REE-enriched dravite from a granitic pegmatite in Forshammar Bergslagen Province, Sweden: An EMPA, XRD and LA-ICP-MS study, The Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 825-841 [view file]

Schmidt C, Steele-MacInnis M, Watenphul A, Wilke M (2013) Calibration of zircon as a Raman spectroscopic pressure sensor to high temperatures and application to water-silicate melt systems, American Mineralogist, 98, 643-650

McNeil A G, Linnen R L, Flemming R L (2015) Hydrothermal synthesis of columbite-(Mn), tantalite-(Mn), hafnon, and zircon at 800-850°C and 200MPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1073-1081

Sutherland F L, Coenraads R R, Abduriyim A, Meffre S, Hoskin P W O, Giuliani G, Beattie R, Wuhrer R, Sutherland G B (2015) Corundum (sapphire) and zircon relationships, Lava Plains gem fields, NE Australia: integrated mineralogy, geochemistry, age determination, genesis and geographical typing, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 545-581

Breiter K, Müller A, Shail R, Simons B (2016) Composition of zircons from the Cornubian Batholith of SW England and comparison with zircons from other European Variscan rare-metal granites, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1273-1289

Grüneberger A M, Schmidt C, Jahn S, Rhede D, Loges A, Wilke M (2016) Interpretation of Raman spectra of the zircon–hafnon solid solution, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 721-733

Kempe U, Trinkler M, Pöpple A, Himcinschi (2016) Coloration of natural zircon, The Canadian Mineralogist, 54, 635-660

Wong J, Verdel C, Allen C M (2017) Trace-element compositions of sapphire and ruby from the eastern Australian gemstone belt, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1551-1576

Zeng L, Niu H, Bao Z, Yang W (2017) Chemical lattice expansion of natural zircon during the magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of A-type granite, American Mineralogist, 102, 655-665

Capitani G, Mugnaioli E, Gentile P (2018) Submicrometer yttrian zircon coating and arborescent aeschynite microcrystals on truncated bipyramidal anatase: An electron microscopy study of miarolitic cavities in the Cuasso al Monte granophyre (Varese, Italy), American Mineralogist, 103, 480-488

Melnik O E, Bindeman I N (2018) Modeling of trace elemental zoning patterns in accessory minerals with emphasis on the origin of micrometer-scale oscillatory zoning in zircon, American Mineralogist, 103, 355-368

Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943

Stangarone C, Angel R J, Prencipe M, Campomenosi N, Mihailova B, Alvaro M (2019) Measurement of strains in zircon inclusions by Raman spectroscopy, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 685-694

Stangarone C, Angel R J, Prencipe M , Mihailova B , Alvaro M (2019) New insights into the zircon-reidite phase transition, American Mineralogist, 104, 830-837

Tokuda M, Yoshiasa A, Kojitani H, Hashimoto S, Uehara S, Mashimo T, Tobase T, Akaogi M (2019) The importance of cation–cation repulsion in the zircon–reidite phase transition and radiation-damaged zircon, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 561-567

Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34

Campomenosi N, Rubatto D, Hermann J, Mihailova B, Scambelluri M, Alvaro M (2020) Establishing a protocol for the selection of zircon inclusions in garnet for Raman thermobarometry, American Mineralogist, 105, 992-1001

Rezvukhina O V, Korsakov A V, Rezvukhin D I, Mikhailenko D S, Zamyatin D A, Greshnyakov E D, Shur V Y (2020) Zircon from diamondiferous kyanite gneisses of the Kokchetav massif: Revealing growth stages using an integrated cathodoluminescence, Raman spectroscopy and electron microprobe approach, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 949-958 [view file]

Yang C M, Xu Y G, Xia X P, Gao Y Y, Zhang W F, Yang Y N, Yang Q, Zhang L (2022) Raman spectroscopy-based screening of zircon for reliable water content and oxygen isotope measurements, American Mineralogist, 107, 936-945