Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium
· The former is a black sandy material mined in Canada, the USA, Australia, Scandinavia and Malaysia, while the latter is mined principally in Australia. Zirconium's main minerals are zircon (ZrSiO 4) and baddeleyite (ZrO 2) mined mainly in Australia, the Republic of S. Africa, USA and the former USSR and invariably containing hafnium, most commonly in quantities around 2% of the .