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Zirconium dioxide (ZrO. 2), sometimes known as zirconia (not to be confused with zircon), is a white crystalline oxide of zirconium. Its most naturally occurring form, with a monoclinic crystalline structure, is the mineral baddeleyite. A dopant stabilized cubic structured zirconia, cubic zirconia, is synthesized in various colours for use as a gemstone and a diamond simulant. 1 Production, chemical properties, occurrence.
Zirconium is a by-product of the mining and processing of the titanium minerals ilmenite and rutile, as well as tin mining. From 2003 to 2007, zircon prices steadily increased from $360 to $840 per tonne.ive isotopes of zirconium also exist as metastable isomers: 83m Zr, 85m Zr, 89m Zr, 90m1 Zr, 90m2 Zr and 91m Zr. Of these, 90m2 Zr has the shortest half-life at 131 nanoseconds.