White Zirconia

* Current
* Era 1
* Controlled

White Zirconia is a Greater Zirconia and a Homeworld Gem. She is the head of the Cubic Zirconia spy ring.

## Appearance

White Zirconia is a tall Gem, about the same height as the fusion Garnet, with a slender build, a short nose, and thin lips. Her hair is light gray and in a short style with four points. Her eyes are sky blue with triangular pupils. Her Gemstone is on her forehead.

When she was first made, White Zirconia wore a gray leotard with a diamond pattern, white boots, and a dark purple cape. As to be expected, her pallet was completely monochrome while she was under White Diamond's control.

As of Era 2, White Zirconia now wears a gray and black uniform, bearing diamonds on her collar and boots in the same order as the Diamond Authority insignia.

## Personality

On the surface, White Zirconia seems cold and commanding, demanding total compliance from her subordinates. This is a false front to hide her anxieties and insecurities from other Homeworld Gems. While she does not agree with her orders, she follows them unconditionally—not out of loyalty, but out of fear.

Unlike her Diamond, White Zirconia believes the concept of perfection is arbitrary, counter-productive, and unobtainable. It was this belief that incurred her Diamond's wrath, causing her to spend eons under White Diamond's control. Despite this, White Zirconia has no doubt in her views, and she uses her status to exploit loopholes and make exceptions to the rules for as many off-colors as she can.

## History

White Zirconia was made by White Diamond herself in the early days of Era 1, to serve as her assistant. However, White Zirconia did not share her Diamond's "perfection" or views on such; the first thing she did as White Diamond's assistant was question her own orders in front of her superior. Needless to say, this displeased White Diamond, who took over her rather than hear her out.

As a living puppet, White Zirconia became her Diamond's eyes, ears, and hands. In fact, much of White Diamond's work was done through her mind-controlled Zirconia. However, about eight thousand years ago, she was replaced by Pink Diamond's Pearl as punishment for the Diamond's behavior, and White Diamond released her so as not to "spread herself thin." Upon her release, White Zirconia was horrified to discover that eons had passed, and became so overwhelmed with emotion that she dissipated her form.

White Zirconia spent much of this time serving Pink Diamond alongside her own Zirconia, but mostly stood by in silence out of fear of incurring her wrath. The Rebellion caused her to be reassigned again, and she became the leader of the new Cubic Zirconia spy ring.

## Abilities

As an Era 1 Gem, White Zirconia has standard Gem abilities.

### Unique Abilities

* **Enhanced Shapeshifting:** As a Zirconia, White Zirconia is capable of shapeshifting that is more powerful than that of other Gems.
* **Gem Possession:** White Zirconia can forcefully transfer her mind into another Gem, taking full control over them. The affected Gem's pallet changes to that of White Zirconia; however, she retains her shapeshifting abilities and is able to perfectly mimic the target's original colors. In addition, White Zirconia can access many of the Gem's abilities and memories. She can possess nearly any Gem and even some fusions against their will. However, White Zirconia is unable to maintain her physical form while possessing another Gem, and is forced to retreat to her Gemstone until she releases the target. This ability also cannot be used on organic life, and therefore would not work properly on a hybrid like Steven.

## Relationships

### Baroque Pearl

White Zirconia happened to be arriving at the Reef to claim a Pearl as Baroque Pearl's Gem was being set aside for destruction. Knowing what would happen to the Pearl otherwise, White Zirconia took Baroque Pearl as her personal Pearl. While she treats the Pearl as a servant around other Gems, when the two are alone, she is far friendlier with her, treating her more like an equal.

### Blue Zirconia

White Zirconia and Blue Zirconia don't get along well, due to their conflicting viewpoints.

### Pink Diamond

White Zirconia had a slight fondness for Pink Diamond when the two interacted. However, she tended to simply agree with everything the Diamond said out of fear of angering her like she did with White Diamond. White Zirconia has long speculated that Pink Diamond started the Rebellion herself to preserve organic life on Earth, but was unable to conclude that Pink Diamond and Rose Quartz were one and the same; instead, she assumed the two were conspiring in secret to halt Earth's colonization. Regardless, she finds it hard to mourn her former superior, as she is convinced that Pink Diamond is better off dead.

### Pink Zirconia

White Zirconia appreciated Pink Zirconia, and the two were close in the few millennia they knew each other. She blames herself for Pink Zirconia's disappearance, believing that she could have prevented it.

### White Diamond

White Zirconia and White Diamond have had a strained relationship since the beginning. White Diamond, after releasing the Zirconia from her control, assigned her to Pink Diamond with the expectation that she would rein her in. However, White Diamond was once again displeased with White Zirconia when she found that she more often than not just blindly followed Pink Diamond out of a crippling fear. To this day, they do not directly interact.

### Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond

While serving them, like with Pink Diamond, White Zirconia was so afraid of angering them that she simply agreed with anything they said, regardless of her actual opinion. As of Era 2, they seldom directly interact, as it is Blue Zirconia's job to communicate with them, not White Zirconia's.

### Yellow Zirconia

The relationship between White and Yellow Zirconia is similar to that shared by Yellow and Blue Diamond. White Zirconia deeply appreciates Yellow Zirconia as an individual, though, of course, neither of them would ever show their closeness in public.

## Trivia

* Due to her liberal views, White Zirconia would not only be thrilled by the start of Era 3, but more than eager to disband the spy ring and implement the new laws. However, she would still be reluctant to interact with any of the Diamonds directly, out of fear of angering them like she did with White Diamond eons before.

## Gemology

Gemstone Information

* Cubic zirconia (not to be confused with zircon) is a crystalline variant of zirconium oxide (ZrO2). It has a hardness of 8 to 8.5 on the Mohs hardness scale.
* Because zirconium oxide rarely forms crystals naturally, almost if not all cubic zirconia gemstones are synthetic. To get varying colors, different metals are added as coloring agents.
* Cubic zirconia is almost exclusively used as a diamond simulant, or an inexpensive alternative to actual diamond. In fact, cubic zirconia is so inexpensive that its setting can be worth more than the stone itself.
* Despite being effectively synthetic, cubic zirconia, like many gemstones, is said to have metaphysical properties.
* Cubic zirconia is associated with mental clarity and enlightenment, and with the third eye and solar plexus chakras.
* Much like with diamonds, different colors of cubic zirconia are reported to have varying metaphysical properties.

## Gallery

White Zirconia's old designWhite Zirconia's old design (controlled)White Zirconia's old Gemstone design