Zircon is a semi-precious stone which comes in variety of colors palette of yellow, green, red, reddish brown, and blue hues etc. The most well-known variety of Zircon is the transparent variety, which is also often used as substitute of diamond. Zircon is one of the modern December birthstones.

Zircon is sometimes confused with Cubic Zirconia. Cubic Zirconia, a synthetic, inexpensive Diamond simulant, resembles colourless Zircon and has a similar sounding name. However, the two are entirely separate substances, and have no connection with each other except for the fact that they both contain the element zirconium in their chemical structure.