malacon

noun

mal·​a·​con

ˈmaləˌkän

variants or less commonly malacone

-ˌkōn

or malakon

-ˌkän

plural -s

: a brown altered form of zircon

Word History

Etymology

German malakon, from Greek, neuter of malakos soft

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