hyacinth

Japanese: hyacinth
hyacinth

… [Hideo Minato]
[jewelry]
Zircon has a high refractive index and a strong brilliance, so that colorless and transparent zircon is the most similar of all gemstones to diamonds. Reddish zircon is called hyacinth, and the Japanese name fushinshiseki is a phonetic spelling of hyacinth (hyacinth was an ancient word meaning a blue gemstone, probably sapphire). The name zircon is thought to have some connection to the Arabic zerquin (meaning vermilion), the Persian zargun (meaning gold), or the French jargon (meaning a yellow, inferior diamond), but this is not certain.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hyacinth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【湊 秀雄】
[宝石]
 ジルコンは屈折率が高く,光輝も強いため,無色透明のものは宝石の中で最もダイヤモンドに似ている。赤みのあるものをヒアシンスhyacinthと称するが,和名の風信子石はヒアシンスに対する当て字である(ヒアシンスとは古くは青色の宝石(おそらくサファイア)を意味した言葉)。ジルコンの名は,アラビア語のzerquin(朱の意),ペルシア語のzargun(金色の意),あるいはフランス語のjargon(黄色い下等なダイヤモンドをいう)が何らかの関連をもつとされるが定かではない。…

※「hyacinth」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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