Zircon forms from the crystallization of magma.
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you can easily find zircon in them which was formed exactly as the entire rock under study,unlike in a sediment zircon might have been deposited say may be after or before an uncomformity that is if it took place
the grain of zircon and it is the width of a human hair
No, zircon titanate is not a metal, it is categorized as a salt or a mineral. Titanate is a radical consisting of one titanium atom and three oxygen atoms. Once you get oxygen into the compound you no longer have a metal.
Many minerals are radioactive to one degree or another, from allanite to zircon.
Diamond - transparent Rock crystal - transparent zircon - transparent amethyst - translucent citrine - translucent