Min. [f. ZIRCON + -ITE1 2 b.] A grayish or brownish variety of zircon. Hence Zirconitic a., containing zircon.
1814. Aikin, Man. Min., 87. Zirconite … occurs in small crystals imbedded in Sienite.
1895. Dana’s Man. Geol. (ed. 4), 83. a. Common or ordinary granite… i. Zirconitic.
