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Recent Examples of cabochonThe inlay is protected within a metal bezel, per the campaign, beneath a protective glass dome cabochon.—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025 Pieces includes such exquisite gemstones as a 79 carat aquamarine, pink sapphires, tsavorites, cabochon rubellites and diamonds.—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 In bathrooms, glass tiles can serve as an alternative to traditional cabochon materials.—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025 And there's also a colorful parrot brooch for sale, featuring 35 round sapphires, 17 round diamonds and 17 round rubies, set with a striking cabochon ruby, which her husband also purchased for her.—Simon Perry, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cabochon
On board this ship were 10 tons of copper ingots, ceramic jars full of wine from Cyprus and oil from the Levant, glass beads, an Egyptian scarab of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, and Aegean pots.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
In one scene, Elizabeth wears an elaborate necklace of jeweled scarabs, a direct reference to the character’s interest in insects and science.
The rock sample didn’t contain a tough mineral known as a zircon — the easiest and most reliable way to date old rock formations — and little is definitive when dealing with rocks and minerals that have histories spanning more than 4 billion years.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
29 Dec. 2025
The only way that the uranium-lead ratio can be compatible with the hafnium in the zircons, Whitehouse argued, is if the zircons that settled in the silt had crystallized around 2.8 billion years ago, constraining the organic carbon to being no older than that.