1. Zirconia extraction
The element zirconium is found in over thirty ores, some of which are listed in Table
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. Most of these ores contain zirconium in the form of silicates or carbonates; zirconia occurs naturally in isolated form in only one ore: baddeleyite. Although the number of ores from which zirconia can be extracted is fairly large, only two of them are mined industrially to obtain zirconia: baddeleyite and zircon.
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Zirconia extraction