"...shows the actual shape of a crystal of ziron from Ceylon" -The Encyclopedia Britannica 1910

Crystal of Zircon (actual)

"...shows the actual shape of a crystal of ziron from Ceylon" -The Encyclopedia Britannica 1910

"...the ideally developed form [of a zircon crystal]. The crystal is a combination of five simple forms: two tetragonal prisms, two tetragonal bipyramids, and one ditetragonal bipyramid." -The Encyclopedia Britannica 1910

Crystal of Zircon (ideal)

"...the ideally developed form [of a zircon crystal]. The crystal is a combination of five simple forms:…

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"Tetragonal. Crystals usually show a simple combination of prism and pyramid of the first order. The prism of the second order and a ditetragonal pyramid also at times observed." — Ford, 1912

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"Tetragonal. Crystals usually show a simple combination of prism and pyramid of the first order. The…

"Zircon, a mineral composed of of zirconium silicate, sometimes used as a gem-stone... THe mineral crystallizes in the tetragonal system, generally in combinations of square prisms and square pyramids" (Britannica, 1910).

Zircon

"Zircon, a mineral composed of of zirconium silicate, sometimes used as a gem-stone... THe mineral crystallizes…

"Zircon, a mineral composed of of zirconium silicate, sometimes used as a gem-stone... THe mineral crystallizes in the tetragonal system, generally in combinations of square prisms and square pyramids." -Britannica, 1910

Zircon

"Zircon, a mineral composed of of zirconium silicate, sometimes used as a gem-stone... THe mineral crystallizes…