zircon

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Inside these zircon grains is a rare gas known as krypton.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Commissioning of the Balranald mine in New South Wales, which aims to produce some 50,000 tons of zircon annually along with other mineral sands, is underway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

For decades, Iluka has been mining zircon in Australia - a key ingredient in ceramics, and titanium dioxide used in the pigmentation of paint, plastics and paper.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Tiny grains of a mineral called zircon might have witnessed the fall of rain on Earth’s earliest dry land some 4 billion years ago, when oceans likely covered most of the planet.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

Bournonite; apatite on muscovite; natural zircon in a spray of colors; dozens more minerals he cannot name.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr