ژارگون
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thumb|Zircon (Field of view|FOV from [[Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada]] Jargoon or jargon (occasionally in old writings jargounce and jacounce) is a name applied by gemologists to zircons that are of sufficient quality to be cut as gemstones, but not the red color that characterizes the hyacinth or jacinth. The word is related to Persian (zircon; zar-gun, "gold-like" or "as gold").
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- Subclass of
- zircon
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- Commons category
- Jargoon
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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