Thesaurus: zircon

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1. n. A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.
2. n. a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
3. A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky- brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elæolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
4. A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brownor gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety,used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Zircon syenite, acoarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often alsoelæolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
5. n:100 n. a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent