zirconitic, adj.

zirconitic
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Revised 2021

# zirconiticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zirconitic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zirconitic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### Where does the adjective zirconitic come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective zirconitic is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zirconitic is from 1883, in Transactions of American Institute of Mining Engineers 1882–3.

### Nearby entries

1. zirbus, n. a1400–
2. zircaloy, n. 1953–
3. zircon, n. 1794–
4. zirconate, n. 1820–
5. zircon blue, n. & adj. 1928–
6. zircon earth, n. 1794–
7. zirconia, n. 1794–
8. zirconian, adj. 1802–
9. zirconic, adj. 1804–
10. zirconite, n. 1806–
11. zirconitic, adj.1883–
12. zirconium, n. 1808–
13. zircon-like, adj. 1857–
14. zircono-, comb. form
15. zirconolite, n. 1957–
16. zircon-syenite, n. 1813–
17. zirconyl, n. 1887–
18. zirkelite, n. 1895–
19. zit, n. 1912–
20. zit cream, n. 1968–
21. zitella, n. a1660–

## Meaning & use

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.)
   minerals
   1. jargonic 1794–
      Pertaining to the mineral jargon.
   2. zirconian 1802–
      Of, relating to, or containing zircon or zirconium (cf. zirconic, adj.); (of a mineral) having a (small) proportion of a typical constituent…
   3. zirconic 1804–
      Of or relating to zirconium; (occasionally) of or relating to zircon.
   4. zirconitic 1883–
      Of the nature of or containing zirconite.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zirconite, n.

zirconite, n. was revised in March 2021.