Zirconium and Hafnium Statistics and Information
The principal economic source of zirconium is the zirconium silicate mineral, zircon (ZrSiO4). Zircon is the primary source of all hafnium. Zirconium and hafnium are contained in zircon at a ratio of about 50 to 1. Zircon is a coproduct or byproduct of the mining and processing of heavymineral sands for the titanium minerals, ilmenite and rutile, or tin minerals.