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Overview of Hafnon Mineral Properties

Hafnon is a hafnium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula (Hf,Zr)SiO4, commonly found in granite pegmatites in locations such as Mozambique and Australia. It appears as transparent red to red-orange tetragonal crystals with a hardness of 7.5. Hafnon can be synthesized by fully substituting zirconium in zircon with hafnium.

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Overview of Hafnon Mineral Properties

Hafnon is a hafnium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula (Hf,Zr)SiO4, commonly found in granite pegmatites in locations such as Mozambique and Australia. It appears as transparent red to red-orange tetragonal crystals with a hardness of 7.5. Hafnon can be synthesized by fully substituting zirconium in zircon with hafnium.

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Hafnon

Hafnon is a hafnium nesosilicate mineral, chemical formula (Hf,Zr)SiO4 or (Hf,Zr,Th,U,Y)SiO4.[2] In


natural zircon ZrSiO4 part of the zirconium is replaced by the very similar hafnium and so natural
zircon is never pure ZrSiO4. A zircon with 100% hafnium substitution can be made synthetically
and is hafnon.

Hafnon occurs as transparent red to red orange tetragonal crystals with a hardness of 7.5.[3][4]

Hafnon occurs naturally in tantalum-bearing granite pegmatites in the Zambezia district,


Mozambique and in weathered pegmatites at Mount Holland, Western Australia.[5] It has also
been reported from locations in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, Canada; North Carolina, United
States; and in Zimbabwe.[3]

References

1. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols" ([Link]


gm.2021.43) . Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W (h
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2021-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Handbook of Mineralogy

Emsley, John. Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-850341-5

J. A. Speer, B. J. Cooper (1982). "Crystal structure of synthetic hafnon, HfSiO4, comparison


with zircon and the actinide orthosilicates" ([Link]
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Hafnon

Very small brown single crystals of hafnon


from Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet District,
Manitoba, Canada

General

Category Nesosilicates

Formula Hafnium silicate


(repeating unit) (HfSiO4)

IMA symbol Haf[1]

Strunz classification [Link].30

Dana classification [Link]

Crystal system Tetragonal

Crystal class Ditetragonal


Dipyramidal (4/mmm
)
H-M symbol: (4/m
2/m 2/m)

Space group I41/amd

Unit cell a = 6.5725(7) Å, c =


5.9632(4) Å=; Z = 4

Identification

Colour Orange-red,brownish
yellow, rarely
colourless
Crystal habit Euhedral to irregular
crystals

Cleavage {???} Indistinct

Mohs scale hardness 7.5

Luster Vitreous

Streak grey white

Diaphaneity Transparent

Density 6.97

Optical properties Uniaxial (+)

Refractive index nω = 1.930 - 1.970 nε


= 1.980 - 2.030

Birefringence δ = 0.050

Common impurities Often zoned with


zircon. Forms part of
zircon-hafnon series

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