Calcium Zircon Silicate

Description: CALCIUM ZIRCONIUM SILICATE

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	23.43%	1.00
ZrO2	51.46%	1.00
SiO2	25.10%	1.00
Oxide Weight		239.41
Formula Weight		239.41

Notes

Was used in high fire glazes as the sole opacifier. It can be blended with other zirconium products for special finishes.
It is no longer manufactured.

This was an ideal opacifier for use in chrome-tin pink and maroon glazes since the calcium enhanced the development of the color.

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Typecodes	Opacifier Opacifiers are powders that turn transparent glazes opaque by various chemical and physical mechanisms (and combinations of mechanisms).
Materials	Zircon

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