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II. ZIRCON FAMILY. i Zircon. This species is divided into two subspecies, Common Jlircon, and Hyacinth. First Subspecies. Common Zircon*. Zirkon, IFcrwcr. Topazins clams hyalinus jargon, Wall. t. i. p. 252.—Jargon de Ceylan, Romi de Lisle, t. ii. p. 229. Id. Born. t. i. p. 77-— Zirkon, Wid. s. 233. Id. Kinvan, vol. i. p. 257. Id. Estncr, b. ii. s. 35. Id. Emm. b. i. s. 3.—Giargone, Nap. p. 105.— Zircon, Lam. t. ii- p. 204. Id. Brock, t. i. p. 159- Id. Hatty, t. ii. p. 465.—Gemeiner Zirkon, Ileuss, b. i. s. 56.—Zircon, J.ud. b. i. s. 58. Id. Suck. I 1 ' th. s. 166. Id. Bert. s. 304. Id. Mohs, b. i. s. 16. Id. Lucas, p. 89.—Gemeiner Zircon, Hab. s. 1.—Zircon Jargon, Brong. t i. p. 2C9.—Zircon, Kid, Vol. i. p. 125. Id. Brard, p. 106. Id. Steffens, b. i. s. 7. External Characters. The principal colour is grey: it also occurs white, green, and brown ; and barely yellow, blue, and red. White and brown are the extremes of its colour-suite, and the intermediate colours are grey, yellow, green, blue, and red. The colours are generally pale, seldom dark. It # The word Zircon, is by some authors considered to be of Indian ori gin: others derive it from the French word jargon* which was applied 1a all those perns, which, on being cut and polished, had somewhat of the pea ranee of diamond.