Zircon
compound
ZrSiO4
The oldest mineral on Earth — crystals found in Australia are over 4 billion years old
Zircon crystals are the oldest known material on Earth, carrying a 4-billion-year-old record of our planet's formation.
Material
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Frame
Brown
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Zircon — I4₁/amd |
| Formula | ZrSiO4 |
| Crystal system | tetragonal |
| Space group | I 41/a m d :2 |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 6.5531, 6.5531, 5.9519 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 4.764 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)