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Reidite
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| Mineral: | Reidite: ZrSiO4 | ||||
| Comments: | Scanning electron microscope photomicrograph of the surface of an etched shocked zircon with a skeletal crystalline phase that may be reidite. X-ray diffraction data indicate that this zircon contains minor amounts of reidite. (AmMin 87:563). | ||||
| Location: | Found in an upper Eocene impact ejecta layer in marine sediments on the upper continental slope off New Jersey and on Barbados. | ||||
| Scale: | See Image. | ||||
| Copyright: | © American Mineralogist | ||||
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