zircon

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zircon

/ˈzɜː(ɹ)kən/

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Where it comes from

From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn), borrowed from Middle Persian zlgwn' (/⁠zargōn⁠/). Doublet of jargoon.

noun zircons

uncountable A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia. […] salamanders, mermaids, chimaeras, wild men o’ the woods, leviathans, all hewn from faultless gems, thrice the bulk of a big man’s body, velvet-dark sapphires, chrysolite, beryl, amethyst, and the yellow zircon that is like transparent gold.
countable A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false or semiprecious gemstone. A zircon princess, seemed to lost her senses

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noun mineral

Español	circón, zircón
日本語	ジルコン jirukon
中文	鋯石 /锆石 gàoshí, 锆英石, 鋯英石 /锆英石, 风信子石, 風信子石 /风信子石
हिन्दी	गोमेद gomed, गोमेधक gomedhak, गोमेदक gomedak
Português	zircão
Français	zircon
Deutsch	Zirkon
Italiano	zircone
Română	zircon
Русский	цирко́н cirkón
العربية	زِرْكُون zirkūn, زَرْقُون zarqūn

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@misc{zircon_2026,
  title = {zircon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zircon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}