GT Zirkon
Family overview
- Ultra Light Italic
- Thin Italic
- Light Italic
- Book Italic
- Regular Italic
- Medium Italic
- Bold Italic
- Black Italic
- Ultra LightCrystals are almost always terminated with a pyramidal termination, and may be doubly terminated, and occasionally entirely pyramidal resembling an octahedron.
- Ultra Light ItalicThe name derives from the Persian zargun meaning gold-hued; this word is corrupted into “jargoon”, a term applied to light-colored zircons.
- ThinAn interesting habit occasionally exhibited in Zircon from a few localities is that their color darkens and their luster dulls upon prolonged exposure to sunlight.
- Thin ItalicChemical substitution and coordination polyhedra explain this common feature of minerals.
- LightScientists then studied the diamonds’ composition, looking specifically at their carbon isotopes.
- Light ItalicSome rocks, such as limestone or quartzite, are composed primarily of one mineral—calcite or aragonite in the case of limestone, and quartz in the latter case.
- BookThe abundance and diversity of minerals is controlled directly by their chemistry, in turn dependent on elemental abundances in the Earth.
- Book ItalicRadioactive dating shows that the zircon crystals were formed more than 4 billion years ago.
- RegularZirconium is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates.
- Regular ItalicThe green coloring in many rounded pebbles usually indicates the Zircon is radioactive variety.
- MediumMinerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species, which were determined by the mineral’s geological environment when formed.
- Medium ItalicZircon is ubiquitous in the crust of Earth and it occurs as a common accessory mineral in igneous rocks, in metamorphic rocks and as detrital grains in sedimentary rocks.
- BoldThe dark brown to black color observed in most Zircon crystals is caused from iron oxide impurities.
- Bold ItalicCommercially valuable minerals and rocks are referred to as industrial minerals.
- BlackAs short and stubby crystals, as well as prismatic which are sometimes elongated.
- Black ItalicThe dark brown to black color observed in most Zircon crystals is caused from iron oxide impurities.
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Typeface information
GT Zirkon is an extravagant sans serif workhorse. It blends the worlds of rational tool and ornamentation by applying techniques used to optimize type for small sizes in a refined way.
Typeface features
OpenType features enable smart typography. You can use these features in most Desktop applications, on the web, and in your mobile apps. Each typeface contains different features. Below are the most important features included in GT Zirkon’s fonts:
- SS01
- Alternate Arrows
Volume ↗
- SS02
- Alternate f
Refraction
- ONUM
- Oldstyle Figures
0123456789
- SMCP
- Small Caps
Ore Deposit
Typeface Minisite


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GT Zirkon in use

