Mineral Species
zircon
Type Locality
No
Composition
ZrSiO4
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Status at Tsumeb
Confirmed
Abundance
Somewhat rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone)
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB385
General Notes
Zircon occurs as a detrital accessory mineral in the feldspathic sandstone derived from sediments of the Tschudi Formation. Lombaard et al. (1986) described the abundance of zircon as "sparse… widely distributed in small amounts".
