zircon

zir·con  (zûrkn)

n.

A brown to colorless mineral, ZrSiO₄, which is heated, cut, and polished to form a brilliant blue-white gem.

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[German Zirkon, from Arabic siriqun, from Greek surikon, from Persian zargn, fire color : zar, fire (from Middle Persian dur, from Old Persian *tar, ç-, in çiydiya, fire-worship month; see ter- in Indo-European roots) + -gn, color (from Middle Persian; akin to Avestan gaonm, hair, complexion (second sense unattested)).]

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zircon [ˈzɜːkɒn]

n

(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a reddish-brown, grey, green, blue, or colourless hard mineral consisting of zirconium silicate in tetragonal crystalline form with hafnium and some rare earths as impurities. It occurs principally in igneous rocks and is an important source of zirconium, zirconia, and hafnia: it is used as a gemstone and a refractory. Formula: ZrSiO₄

[from German Zirkon, from French jargon, via Italian and Arabic, from Persian zargūn golden]

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zircon  (zûrkn)

A brown, reddish to bluish, gray, green, or colorless tetragonal mineral that occurs in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, and especially in sand. The colorless varieties are valued as gems. Chemical formula: ZrSiO₄.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

zircon - a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent zirconium silicate atomic number 40, zirconium, Zr - a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition hyacinth, jacinth - a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone jargoon, jargon - a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon

Translations

zircon [ˈzɜːkən] N → circón m

zircon

n → Zirkon m

zircon [ˈzɜːkən] n → zircone m

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zircon [ˈzɜːkən] n → zircone m