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Recent Examples of rhinestoneBut the vast majority of Mary Kay recruits have never known a rhinestone tiara.—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Located on the 52-acre Sunstone Estate, the palatial digs are filled with precious antiques from yesteryear, including rhinestone salvaged from châteaux in Normandy and the Loire Valley, along with roof tiles reclaimed from a 19th-century lavender factory in Provence.—Kristin Braswell, Architectural Digest, 23 Mar. 2026 The look also featured white feather detailing, and Klum wowed in rhinestone heels.—Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026 Rose Byrne was the picture of understated elegance in a light pink sleeveless Chanel midi dress that was adorned with silver rhinestone on the bodice and the waist.—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rhinestone
The findings may support another recent study, which uses ancient crystals of the mineral zircon—found in a different part of Western Australia—to suggest that pieces of Earth’s crust may have been melting back into the mantle around 3.35 billion years ago.
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Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
The operation in KwaZulu-Natal province is focused on extracting zircon, rutile, ilmenite, and titanium oxide — critical ingredients in products such as paint, sunscreen, and smartphones.
Authorities said Osorio-Valencia was carrying a backpack containing a Wi-Fi jammer, a sledgehammer, a screwdriver, a wallet, and jewelry.
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Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
Fiapoto is only the latest Tre-4 member to face serious charges in Contra Costa, where five members and associates were sent to prison last year for a series of jewelry robberies, including one that resulted in a homicide in Lafayette.
In the Byzantine room the most Beautiful cabochon is the missing one.
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Patricia Lockwood,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
Similarly, this engagement ring also prominently featured a cabochon cut sapphire weighing three carats with three small white diamonds on either side.
Process until mixture becomes a mostly smooth, thick paste, about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
Get the recipe > Maple syrup sweetens the spice paste—fragrant with cumin, coriander, fennel, ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon—used to marinate a whole bird in this hearty supper from British Indian chef Romy Gill.
One of her favorite specimens was the rain beetle, a fuzzy scarab-like insect that can't feed as an adult, relying solely on fat stores from its larval stages.
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Christine Mai-Duc,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
The old elegance of my heart became as small
As a coffin carved for a scarab which lived
Three thousand years ago and died of sun
And scalpel, supernatural, but musical.