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Tenebrescent Zircon

Ratima Suthiyuth, July 25, 2014

Colour modification is observed in a reddish orange zircon at the Bangkok laboratory.

Zircon from the Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia

Maxwell J. Faulkner and James E. Shigley, December 1, 1989

Gem-quality zircon from a relatively underdeveloped locality in the Harts Range of central Australia is described.

The Elahera Gem Field in Central Sri Lanka

Mahinda Gunawardene and Mahinda S. Rupasinghe, June 1, 1986

The Elahera gem field currently provides approximately 35% of the gemstones exported from Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: The Gem Island

Peter C. Zwaan, June 1, 1982

An overview of the many types of gem-quality material, and its inclusions, currently found in Sri Lanka.

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Zircon History and Lore

Many people have heard of zircon but never seen it. This is mostly because of colourless zircon’s wide use as a diamond simulant in the early 1900s.