zircon

English

Zircon

Etymology

From German Zirkon or French zircone, from Arabic زرقون (zarqūn, “cinnabar, bright red”), from Persian زرگون (zargun) / زریون (zaryun), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zargōn).

Noun

zircon (countable and uncountable; plural zircons)

Wikipedia

1. (uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128: 

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. (countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone.

Derived terms

zircon blue zirconite

zirconium zircon-syenite

Translations

A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, consisting of silica and zirconia.

• French: zircon (fr) m
• German: Zirkon (de)
• Romanian: zircon (ro)
• Russian: циркон (ru) (cirkón) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: циркон (sh) m

  Roman: cirkon (sh) m

• Spanish: circón (es) m, zircón (es) m

See also

• jacinth
• jargon, jargoon

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ziʁ.kɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /ziR.kO~/

Noun

zircon m (plural zircons)

1. zircon

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Romanian

Etymology

French zircon.

Noun

zircon

1. zircon