Zircon

Zircons are a much misunderstood gemstone. The name zircon comes from the Persian word zargun, meaning “gold-hued.” Most people confuse it with cubic zirconia, a man made product of little value. Zircons are 7.5 on the mohs scale. Yellow zircons wholesale to the trade today for approx. $10 for a 1 cwt stone of very low grade quality to approx. $100 a one carat example of extra fine quality. Price can reach $200 per cwt. for larger stones. Blue zircons of very fine quality fetch $2500 for 1 cwt. and up to $350 per cwt for larger specimens. The retail price will be several times that, depending on the retailers markup.