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{{Mineral
|name=Zircon
|image=Zircon crystals.jpg
|cdesc=Zirconium silicate
|formula=ZrSiO<sub>4</sub>
|colors=Colorless, yellow, grey, red, green, brown, black
|streak=White
|hardness=7.5
|cleavage=Poor/Indistinct
|fracture=Conchoidal to uneven
|sgravity=4.6–4.7
|csystem=Tetragonal
|chabit=Dipyramidal prismatic
|enviro=
|occur=Igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks
|nameorigin=The name comes from its containing the element, ''zirconium''; which was named from the Arabic, ''zar'' and ''gun'', meaning gold and color.
}}
|name=Zircon
|image=Zircon crystals.jpg
|cdesc=Zirconium silicate
|formula=ZrSiO<sub>4</sub>
|colors=Colorless, yellow, grey, red, green, brown, black
|streak=White
|hardness=7.5
|cleavage=Poor/Indistinct
|fracture=Conchoidal to uneven
|sgravity=4.6–4.7
|csystem=Tetragonal
|chabit=Dipyramidal prismatic
|enviro=
|occur=Igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks
|nameorigin=The name comes from its containing the element, ''zirconium''; which was named from the Arabic, ''zar'' and ''gun'', meaning gold and color.
}}