Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Zirconium dioxid (ZrO2), occurring in tabular monoclinic crystals from yellow to brown or black in color: first found in the gem-sands of Rakwana. Ceylon, and later in Brazil (there called
brazilite ) and in Sweden.
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- noun mineralogy A rare
zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety ofmonoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
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- noun a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide
Etymologies
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After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.
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Examples
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Russia and Brazil also have large deposits of baddeleyite.
Zirconium 2008
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Zirconium is found in two minerals, zircon (zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4) and baddeleyite (zirconium oxide, ZrO2).
Zirconium 2008
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Zircon is found in beach sands, baddeleyite (ZrO2).
13. Glaze oxides 1993
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They contain the natural zirconium oxide, baddeleyite or brazilite, mixed with the silicate, the ore as produced carrying about 80 per cent zirconia (ZrO_ {2}).
hernesheir commented on the word baddeleyite
Mineral name for zirconium oxide, ZrO2.
June 3, 2010