mo|ri|on

mo|ri|on¹ «MR ee on, MOHR-», noun.

a helmet without a visor, shaped like a hat, with a comb-shaped crest and an upturned rim forming a peak in front, worn especially by Spanish foot soldiers in the 1500's and 1600's.

╂[< French morion < Spanish morrion < morra top of the head; origin uncertain]

mo|ri|on² «MR ee on, MOHR-», noun.

a dark-brown or nearly black, smoky quartz.

╂[< a misreading of Latin mormorion, in early editions of Pliny's Natural History]