For many years Zircon has been supporting more popular gemstones and often it replaced them when they were unavailable.

During the Middle Ages people believed that it could improve your sleep, bring prosperity and the owner could become honorable and wiser. It is suggested that this name originates from the Persian word 'zargun', which means 'gold-coloured'. However, Zircon can be of various colors.

Very often natural Zircon is recognized as cubic zirconia which is the laboratory-grown imitation of a Diamond. A lot of people don’t know about the existence of this natural stone.

Zircons can be of various colors. The colorless type has been the most popular for many years because it looks like Diamond due to its brilliance and dispersion.

Nowadays the blue Zircon gains popularity which is also an alternative birthstone for December. Blue Zircon is of a pastel blue color but sometimes it may have a bright blue color. You may also find green, dark red, yellow, brown, and orange Zircons.

People mine Zircon mostly in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Australia and also other countries.

This gemstone is rather heavy. It means that it will have a smaller look as compared with the other varieties that have the same weight. You should be careful with your Zircon jewelry. In spite of the fact that it is very hard Zircons can undergo abrasion and the facets can be chipped. Zircons are often wrapped into the individual pieces of paper in order that they don’t knock against each other Dealers often wrap zircons in individual twists of paper so that they will not knock against each other.

Zircon has become very popular among the collectors due to wide variety of its colors, value and because it is relatively inexpensive. They try to gather as many colors and variations as possible.