The zircon was extracted in 2001 from a rock outcrop in Australia's Jack Hills region. For a rock of such importance, it is rather small. It measures only about 200 by 400 microns, about twice the ...

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have determined that blue zircon crystals found in a remote part of Australia are 4.4 billion years old, just 160 million younger than the ...

Composed of titanium with pavé-set diamond accents, the piece has a 12-carat blue zircon at its center. “I bought the earring for the look — not necessary because it’s a zircon.

Ukraine claims it has evidence Russia fired an advanced hypersonic missile – one that experts say is almost impossible to shoot down – for the first time in the almost 2-year-old war.

The US-based Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance says the Zircon is “a maneuvering anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile” with a range of somewhere between 500 and 1,000 kilometers (310 to 620 miles).

Researchers say zircon crystals brought back by the Apollo moon missions, like this one by the crew of Apollo 17, suggest their ages record when they formed in magma, rather than meteorite impact ...

The internal structure and geodynamics of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2020; 202016326 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016326117 Cite This Page : ...

"We believe that Cambodian blue zircon deserves recognition as one of the most extraordinary, underappreciated and undervalued gemstones on the market." The Australian company NYBlue; ...