What is zircon? Is zircon a natural gemstone?

Before systematically learning jewelry knowledge, I always thought that zircon was artificial diamond. Do you think so? Zircon is blacked out by synthetic cubic zirconia. In fact, zircon is good in all aspects of hardware, and there is no systematic use in the jewelry market. Before learning jewelry knowledge, you always thought that zircon is artificial diamond. Do you think so too? Zircon is blacked out by synthetic cubic zirconia. In fact, zircon has good hardware in all aspects, and it is more and more widely used in the jewelry market. So what is zircon? Is zircon a natural gemstone? Next, let’s learn about zircon with the author: zircon is actually a kind of natural gemstone zircon: the English name is Zircon, and its source may have evolved on the basis of the Arabic word'Zarkun', and the original meaning is'Cinnabar and 'Yinzhu'; the other is believed to be derived from the ancient Persian word 'Zargun　　　　 Japanese call it the 'hyacinth stone　　　　 The first official use of'Zircon' was in 1783, to describe the green zircon crystals from Sri Lanka.　　　　'Fake diamond' is a synthetic cubic zirconia 　　　　 CZ, which is the abbreviation of Cubic Zirconium, the full Chinese name is'synthetic cubic zirconia', which is a kind of synthetic gem. And there is a well-known commercial name 'Soviet Drill'! The Soviet diamond, commonly known as CZ, was a revolutionary man-made product in 1974. Its chemical element is zirconium dioxide; CZ has been the first choice for diamond substitutes for more than two decades.　　　　 CZ, it looks like this!　　　　 jewellery professionals call synthetic cubic zirconia, either CZ or zirconia. In short, it is very taboo to directly call it zircon. Natural zircon classification Natural zircon is divided into three types: high type, medium type, and low type; among them, high type zircon has the characteristics of high density, high hardness, stable color, and high refractive index. It is a relatively rare gemstone. Rich red is the best. It is called'hyacinth stone' in Japan. It has a higher price and is about the same as a good-quality spinel. In addition, colorless high-type zircon also has a higher value.　　　　 The natural colorless red zircon is super expensive! Generally, don’t think about it. The red zircon is graded. The highest grade of red zirconium is very similar to ruby-colored spinel. Due to its birefringence, its fire color is also very good. Naturally colored red zircon belongs to the zircon family. Rare species in the medium, very few big ones.　　　　 low-type zircon has various colors and looks good, but most of them have natural radiation residue, the color is unstable, the hardness, density, and refractive index are relatively low, and they are rarely worn as gems. Some natural low-type zircons can be calcined at high temperature to form high-type zircons, and the colors are mostly yellow and blue. The characteristics of 　　　　 medium-sized zircons fall between the above two and are relatively rare.　　　　 Generally speaking, natural zircon refers to red or colorless high-type zircon.　　　　 Does natural zircon have radiation?　　　　 1. The output of natural zircon is not much, and the radiation is a little bit, but it is much smaller than your mobile phone.　　　　 2. The zircon used in general mid-to-low-end jewelry is artificial, not natural, but artificially synthesized. The scientific name is synthetic cubic zirconia, which has no harmful radiation to the human body.　　　　 3. Zircon has many colors, colorless, brown, yellow, reddish brown, blue, red, yellow-green, etc. In 1920, heat treatment was applied to change the color of zircon, making blue zircon the new favorite of general consumers.　　　　Natural zircon is brittle and prone to ridgeline defects. However, these are all relatively tough gems. Generally, there is no problem if they don't collide frequently.　　　　Zircon is the most beautiful in the refracting 　　　　The birefringence of zircon is large, with 0.059. Therefore, when viewed from the table, there will be more obvious double shadow lines (that is, I feel that my eyes are blurred, and I don't feel like focusing).　　　　 Yellow zircon has a brighter color, more shining, like yellow diamonds. Although 　　　　 zircon has many different color classifications, colorless zircon has been the most famous for a long time. The main reason is that the high refraction characteristics of zircon make the refraction and brightness of zircon most resemble diamond.　　　　 colorless zircon, because of its high refraction characteristics, exhibits the brightness and fire light that is very similar to diamond, so it is the closest to diamond among all diamond-like stones. However, zircon does not have the advantage of the hardness of diamonds, so that faceted zircon will appear chaotic and not bright due to facet wear after a period of wear. Most colorless diamonds will be cut into a round brilliant cut, because the round brilliant cut can show the best light and fire.　　　　 zircon has more colors, and the high refraction light makes zircon even unable to hide its light! The specific gravity of zircon is about 4.7, which is higher than that of most gems, so a one-carat zircon will look smaller than most gems. Zircon production area Khmer, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia and other places are rich in zircon. Because of the abundant production, the price of zircon in various categories is generally not expensive. For the general quality of blue zircon, the price is about Between tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars per carat.　　 The above is the author's summary of the information about zircon for you. The information comes from the Internet. If there is anything wrong, please understand. If you need zircon inlay, please visit the official website of jewelry inlay. Jewelry inlay will serve you wholeheartedly!