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lookatthat Cave Dweller Whatever there is to be found. Member since May 2017 Posts: 1,360	Heat treatment of Zircon Aug 26, 2017 8:58:23 GMT -5 Garage Rocker and zekesman like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lookatthat on Aug 26, 2017 8:58:23 GMT -5

lookatthat Cave Dweller Whatever there is to be found. Member since May 2017 Posts: 1,360	Heat treatment of Zircon Aug 26, 2017 8:59:29 GMT -5 zekesman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lookatthat on Aug 26, 2017 8:59:29 GMT -5 I don't care what "they" say, that is nowhere near intuitive. Anyway, here is the zircon, Bancroft, ONT.

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Heat treatment of Zircon Aug 26, 2017 13:00:15 GMT -5

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Aug 26, 2017 8:57:34 GMT -5 lookatthat said:

Yeah, um right.
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Heat treatment of Zircon Feb 6, 2018 15:28:13 GMT -5

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Aug 21, 2017 11:13:47 GMT -5 lookatthat said:

I've got pictures of zircon, I now have some on Flickr, but i can't find how to get them here!

Around here, they seem to mostly be in radioactive zones. Anyplace explored for radioactives (or old mines) seems to be a high potential spot. Same for smokey quartz.

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Heat treatment of Zircon Feb 6, 2018 15:30:49 GMT -5 QuailRiver, fantastic5, and 1 more like this

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Jul 25, 2017 12:29:11 GMT -5 QuailRiver said:

Was just watching your video and remembered a guy telling me about he used to surface hunt Zircons at night with an ultraviolet light. Zircons fluoresce yellow under ultraviolet illumination.

Larry C.

This spot would be interesting for a night hunt. I have a Way Too Cool UV light that I want to use for collecting. However, this place is right next to a municipal dump and loaded with bears after dark. Going "armed for bear" would be a wise idea...LOL

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Heat treatment of Zircon Apr 9, 2018 21:03:37 GMT -5

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Post by SirRoxalot on Apr 9, 2018 21:03:37 GMT -5

Ontario zircons are invariably opaque. Heating an opaque zircon will not make it transparent.

Try hunting at the few mines that have produced transparent zircon, but be prepared to move a great deal of rock with little success, they're not common.

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Heat treatment of Zircon

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