Zircon (/ˈzɜːrkɒn, -kən/) is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV)...
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The 3M22 Zircon, also spelled as Tsirkon (Russian: Циркон, NATO reporting name: SS-N-33) is a Russian scramjet-powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise...
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Look up zircon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zircon is a mineral and gemstone. Zircon may also refer to: Zircon (microkernel), the microkernel of...
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zircon is the oldest-surviving crustal material from the Earth's earliest geological time period, the Hadean eon, about 4 billion years ago. Zircon is...
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The Zircons were a vocal-based, doo-wop style musical group from Harlem and later the Bronx, New York, in the late 1950s and 1960s. Vocal doo wop group...
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The Zircon affair was an incident in 1986 and 1987 caused by the planned broadcast on the BBC of a television programme about the ultimately cancelled...
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Fuchsia (operating system) (redirect from Zircon (microkernel))
such as ChromeOS and Android, Fuchsia is based on a custom kernel named Zircon. It publicly debuted as a self-hosted git repository in August 2016 without...
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Uranium–lead dating (redirect from U–Pb zircon dating)
precisions in the 0.1–1 percent range. The method is usually applied to zircon. This mineral incorporates uranium and thorium atoms into its crystal structure...
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mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium. The word is related to Persian zargun (zircon; zar-gun, "gold-like" or "as gold"). Besides zircon, zirconium...
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Detrital zircon geochronology is the science of analyzing the age of zircons deposited within a specific sedimentary unit by examining their inherent...
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Zircon was the codename for a British signals intelligence satellite, designed to intercept radio and other signals from the USSR, Europe and other areas...
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Zircon Airways Benin was an airline based in Benin. It was founded in 2001 and ceased operations in 2002. IATA Code: Z4 ICAO Code: BZW (not current) Callsign:...
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Andrew Aversa (born June 23, 1987), known professionally as zircon, is an American electronic musician, composer, and audio technician primarily known...
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Hadean-Archean boundary. Hadean rocks are very rare, largely consisting of granular zircons from one locality (Jack Hills) in Western Australia. Hadean geophysical...
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Jack Hills (section Oldest zircons on Earth)
terrestrial origin found to date: Hadean zircons that formed around 4.404 billion years ago. These zircons have enabled deeper research into the conditions...
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Dead Moon Circus (redirect from Zircon (Sailor Moon))
voiced by Erica Lindbeck. In the musicals, she is played by Miho Suzuki. Zircon (ジルコン, Jirukon) is Zirconia's companion and tool, a flaming eyeball with...
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Titanium in zircon geothermometry is a form of a geothermometry technique by which the crystallization temperature of a zircon crystal can be estimated...
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zirconium. It occurs in nature as zircon, a silicate mineral. Powdered zirconium silicate is also known as zircon flour. Zirconium silicate is usually...
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Ga zircon is a slight outlier, with the oldest consistently dated zircon falling closer to 4.35 Ga. This zircon is part of a population of zircons within...
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3M22 Zircon. According to reports published in April 2023, India has requested Russia for the transfer of technology (ToT) for the Russian 3M22 Zircon hypersonic...
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Spaceballs (redirect from Commanderette Zircon)
Bullock as Prince Valium, a narcoleptic prince. Leslie Bevis as Commanderette Zircon, a minion of President Skroob on Planet Spaceball. Sandy Helberg as Dr....
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hypothesis). A stable crust was apparently in place by 4,433 Ma, since zircon crystals from Western Australia have been dated at 4,404 ± 8 Ma. The term...
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Zircon Lounge was a Singaporean band formed in the early 1980s that achieved popularity with the release of their influential debut album, Regal Vigor...
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this case. Unaffected specimens are termed high zircon while metamict specimens are termed low zircon. Other minerals known to undergo metamictisation...
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USS Zircon (PY-16) was the private yacht Nakhoda acquired by the United States Navy in 1940 serving as an armed yacht from 1941 to 1946. The yacht Nakhoda...
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technique revealed zircon crystal structures that form only when reidite melts at very high temperatures and is then converted to zircon. Reidite has been...
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rare polymorph of ZrSiO4 created when zircon experiences high pressure and temperature. Reidite is denser than zircon and has the same crystal structure...
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Milne, Alasdair. – The Memoirs of a British Broadcaster – History of the Zircon spy satellite affair, written by a former Director-General of the BBC. A...
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calcium, iron, zirconium, aluminum, magnesium, and potassium. Over time, zircon crystals have started to form slowly within the mass as it cools, and crystalline...
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partial melting of this mafic crust. The presence of grains of the mineral zircon of Hadean age in Eoarchean sedimentary rocks suggests that at least some...
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