zirconitichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zirconitic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezirconitic, adj.
Revised 2021

zirconiticadjective

rare. Mineralogy.
  1. 1883–
    Of the nature of or containing zirconite.
    Stressed as zircoˈnitic.
    1. 1883
      He [sc. Rochet d'Hericourt] mentions Débrabume, a village of Choa, as built upon a bluff of ‘zirconitic syenite, containing argentiferous gold’.
      Transactions of American Institute of Mining Engineers 1882–3 vol. 11 361
    2. 2006
      The main contaminant minerals present in ZBC [= Zirconite B Concentrate] (0.03% of the zirconitic mass), are ilmenite, rutile, staurolite and monazite.
      C. H. Sampaio et al., Characterization & Beneficiation Northeastern Brazilian Zircon 7/2 in researchgate.net (accessed 7 Oct.)

Originally published as part of the entry for zirconite, n.

zirconite, n. was revised in March 2021.