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Allen, C.A. (1935). The Heat Treatment of Siamese Zircons. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 1, No. 12 (November-December), pp. 341-344.
Allen, C.A. (1938). The Westward Course of Zircon. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 2, No. 9 (Spring), pp. 147-148.
Allen, C.A. (1938). The Westward Course of Zircon. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 2, No. 10 (Summer), p. 173.
Bakhtin, A.I. (1974). Optical absorption spectra of natural zircons. In: Vinokurov, V.M. (Ed.) Magnitnaya i opticheskaya spektroskopiya mineralov i gornykh porod (Magnetic and optical spectroscopy of minerals and rocks), pp. 91-98 (in Russian).
Brian, J. (2012). Les zircons de la province du Ratanakiri au Cambodge. Diplôme d'Université de Gemmologie (DUG) Dissertation, University of Nantes (in French).
Cornejo, C. & Bartorelli, A. (2009). Zircon In: Minerals & Precious Stones of Brazil, pp. 428-429. Solaris Cultural Publications, São Paulo, Brazil, 704 p. ISBN 978-85-89820-08-0.
Demiray, T., Nath, D.K. & Hummel, F. (1970). Zircon-vanadium blue pigment. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 53, pp. 1-4. abstract
Fargas, F. & Calas, G. (1991). Structural analysis of radiation damage in zircon and thorite: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study. American Mineralogist, Vol. 76, pp. 60-73. abstract American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Fielding, P.E. (1970). The distribution of uranium, rare earths, and color centers in a crystal of natural zircon. American Mineralogist, Vol. 55, pp. 428-440. American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Gübelin, E.J. (1983).
Guest-Atoms Destroy Zircon Crystals In: Internal World of Gemstones. Documents from Space and Time, pp. 191-193.
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ABC Edition, Zürich, Switzerland, 233 p. ISBN 3-85504-030-3 (in German; ISBN checked in the original copies).
Gübelin, E.J. & Koivula, J.I. (1997). Zircon and its Inclusions In: Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones, pp. 402-406. 3rd revised edition. ABC Edition, Zürich, Switzerland, 532 p., ISBN 3-85504-095-8.
Gübelin E.J. & Koivula J.I. (2005). Inclusions in Gems of Commercial Importance: Zircon In: Photoatlas of Inclusions in Gemstones. Volume 2, pp. 785-800. Opinio Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, 829 p., ISBN 3-03999-029-2.
Kempe, U., Thomas, S.M., Geipel, G., Thamas, R., Plötze, M., Blöttcher, R., Grambole, G., Hoentsch, J. & Trinkler, M. (2010). Optical absorption, luminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of crystalline to metamict zircon: Evidence for formation of uranyl, manganese and other optically active centers. American Mineralogist, Vol. 95, 335-347. abstract American Mineralogist Tables of Contents
Nasdala, L., Chanmuang, C., Häger, T. Hofmeister, W., Kennedy, A.K., Reiners, P.W. Váczi, T., Valley, J.W., Wanthanachaisaeng, B., Fuyuan, W., Zeug, M. & Gamini Zoysa, E. (2015). The scientific importance of gem zircon as analytical reference materials In: Proceedings: 34th International Gemmological Conference IGC, Vilnius, Lithuania, 26-30 August 2015, pp. 128-131. The entire publication is available on www.igc-gemmology.net
Richman, I., Kisliuk, P. & Wong, E.Y. (1967). Absorption spectrum of U4+ in zircon (ZrSiO4). Physical Review, Vol. 155, pp. 262-267. abstract
Rouille, M. (2010). Le zircon. Diplôme d'Université de Gemmologie (DUG) Dissertation, University of Nantes, 74 p. + 6 spectra (in French). Published on www.gemnantes.fr
Taran, M.N. (1979). Investigation of nature of colour of gem zircons. In: Problems of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Ore Formation>. Kiev, Naukova Dumka, pp. 50-56 (in Russian).
Taran, M.N., Bagmut, N.N., Kvasnytsya, V.N. & Kharkiv, A.D. (1990). Optical and ESR spectra of natural zircons of kimberlitic type. Mineralogicheskiy Zhurnal, Vol. 12, pp. 44-51 (in Russian).
Vance, E.R. (1974). The anomalous optical absorption spectrum of low zircon. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 39, pp. 709-714. Mineralogical Magazine Tables of Contents
Vance, E.R. & Mackey, D.J. (1974). Optical study or U5+ in zircon. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, Vol. 7, pp. 1898-1908. abstract
Vance, E.R. & Mackey, D.J. (1975). Further studies of the optical absorption spectrum of U5+ in zircon. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, Vol. 8, pp. 3439-3447. abstract
Vance, E.R. & Mackey, D.J. (1978). Optical spectra of U4+ and U5+ in zircon, hafnon, and thorite. Physical Review, Vol. B 18, pp. 185-189. abstract
Pearl, R.M. (1939). The Gems of Colorado. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall), pp. 39-40.
Pearl, R.M. (1939). The Gems of Colorado. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 59-60.
Suwa, Y. (1993-2000). Gemstones - Quality & Value. Sekai Bunka Publishing, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. 3 Vols; Vol. 1 - 143 p., ISBN 4-418-99902-7; Vol. 2 - 144 p., ISBN 4-418-02902-8; Vol. 3 - 144 p., ISBN 4-418-01902-2.