Zircon - Mud Tank, Australia - 8,0 x 7,5 x 10,0 cm

Mineral: Zircon
Locality: Mud Tank, Strangways Range, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Dimensions: 8,0 x 7,5 x 10,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 10,5 cm Large, intact, brown crystal with a very sharp-edged pyramidal summit; some translucent areas. The age of the carbonatite zircons of Mud Tank, where this crystal was found, is evaluated at 732 million years (give or take 5 million years). MIM number 1113 Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)