Matura diamond

[mah-ter-uh, mat-er-uh]

Ma·tu·ra dia·mond

[mah-ter-uh, mat-er-uh]
noun Jewelry.
a zircon heat-treated to render it colorless: not a true diamond.


Origin:
1875–80; after Matura, town in Sri Lanka
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