According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
ZIRCONS
Noun
zircons
plural of zircon
Source: Wiktionary
ZIRCON
Zir"con, n. Etym: [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky- brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elæolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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