different between zircon vs hafnon

English

Etymology

From German Zirkon, possibly via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic ????????? (zarq?n). Doublet of jargoon.

Noun

zircon (countable and uncountable, plural zircons)

1. (uncountable) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia.
2. (countable) A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• jacinth
• jargon, jargoon

Further reading

• zircon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zirkon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic ????????? (zarq?n). Doublet of jargon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi?.k??/

Noun

zircon m (plural zircons)

1. zircon

Further reading

• “zircon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Noun

zircon m (plural zircons)

1. zircon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zircon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zir?kon/

Noun

zircon n (uncountable)

1. zircon

Declension

Further reading

• zircon in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From hafnium +? zircon.

Noun

hafnon (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral of hafnium silicate ore, having the chemical formula HfSiO₄, produced synthetically by substituting hafnium for the zirconium in zircon.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Hafnon”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “hafnon”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.