OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13807

zircon

/ˈzɜː(ɹ)kən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
circón • zircón
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
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,…
[…] 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…
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