Description
Mined from: Alluvial placer deposits, Madagascar
Description: Zircon placer specimens from Madagascar usually consist of natural zircon crystals or rounded grains that have been concentrated in gravel or sandy deposits by running water. These specimens may show earthy matrix, worn surfaces, or partially preserved crystal faces depending on how far the material traveled before settling. Colors can range from reddish brown and honey tones to orange, tan, or darker brown, and the pieces have a dense, weighty feel for their size.
Zircon is a zirconium silicate and one of the most important accessory minerals in geology because it is extremely durable and resistant to weathering. That toughness is exactly why it survives after the surrounding rock breaks down, allowing it to collect in placer deposits. In Madagascar, zircons found in placers were originally eroded out of older igneous and metamorphic rocks, then sorted and concentrated by water into sedimentary deposits. Zircon is also well known in science because tiny crystals of it are used in geochronology to date some of Earth’s oldest rocks.
Many people are drawn to zircon for its association with clarity, wisdom, and steady energy. It is often chosen by those who want a stone linked with grounding, focus, and inner strength. As a placer specimen, it can also carry an added sense of endurance and survival, since the crystal has persisted through erosion, transport, and time before being found.
Chemical Composition: ZrSiO4
Chakra: Sacral & Solar Plexus
Approximate Size of 1 Piece: 5mm x4mm x3mm
Approximate Weight of 1 Piece: 0.20g
Quantity: 1pc
We do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the "staff pick option", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.