COLORS
You can find many colors of zircon—blue, green, brown, yellow, orange, and red. The colorless zircon is one of the most brilliant non-diamond gems!
ZIRCON
Zircon is brilliant. It flashes multiple colors of light called fire. Its sparkle and flashes are diamond-like, so for centuries, there was a lot of confusion between the two gems. Zircon comes in blue, green, and autumn colors such as cinnamon, sherry, yellow, orange, and red. There are also colorless zircons and cat’s-eye zircons.
History
4.4 BILLION
YEARS OLD
Zircon found in Australia is the oldest mineral on earth: It is 4.4 billion years old!
Famous Zircon
Besides blue, zircon comes in several natural colors. These zircons from Sri Lanka are “untreated,” which means no heat was used to bring out their colors. - Alan Jobbins
what's in a name?
Zircon
[zer-kon]
(noun) Zircon is possibly from zarkun, the Arabic word for “cinnabar,” a reddish-colored mineral. Or it could be from the Persian word zargun, meaning “gold-colored.”
