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Lab Work: Separating Zircon Crystals with Heavy Liquids

Lab Work: Extracting U and Pb from Zircon Crystals The images below show the heavy liquids technique we use to separate zircon. We use bromoform which has a density of 2.85 g/cm3. Minerals heavier will sink (like zircon!), lighter stuff will float (like quartz!). After heavy liquids, we are hopefully just left with a bunchContinue reading “Lab Work: Separating Zircon Crystals with Heavy Liquids”