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matura diamond

\\ˈmäd.ərə-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized M

Etymology: from Matura (Matara), town in southern Ceylon

: zircon that is naturally or artificially made colorless

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/mah"teuhr euh, mat"euhr euh/, Jewelry.

a zircon heat-treated to render it colorless: not a true diamond.

Also, Matara diamond.

[1875-80; after Matura, town in Sri Lanka]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.