Hafnon
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Hafnon is a synthetic mineral hafnium silicate ore, chemical symbol HfSiO4.In 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% substitution can be made synthetically and is than called hafnon.
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- 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". American Mineralogist 67: 904–808.
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