zircon

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Using world leading instruments at Curtin's John de Laeter Centre, the team examined more than 500 zircon crystals.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Analyst Matthew Hope says the Chinese market is weak right now, and one of Iluka’s competitors has reduced its zircon price for China.

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

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