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Recent Examples of zirconThe team first crushes the rocks into fine grains and separates out the zircons using dense liquids and magnetic fields.—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025 To better understand the impact date, researchers analyzed the crystals of zircon minerals in the Stac Fada Member.—Patrick Pester, Space.com, 12 May 2025 Assessing these characteristics, the study authors traced the zircons’ origins to Greenland and to time periods between 0.5 billion and 3 billion years ago.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 The technique also typically needs kilograms of material to find enough uranium-containing zircon crystals, whereas ocean drill cores yield just grams.—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for zircon
Archaeologists recently unearthed a trove of priceless ancient jewelry and gold coins near the ruins of a historic Christian city.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
Multiple suspects have been arrested in connection with the brazen heist of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris, a week after thieves stole millions of dollars worth of historic jewelry, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
These included Mirasol, which is named after the El Mirasol villa — one of architect Addison Mizner’s most famous designs — and played with volumes, cabochon cuts and a mix of gold, pink opal and freshwater pearls in a chunky ring, earrings and a standout long necklace.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
There is also a cabochon moonstone dated 1913 on the exterior.
Apply a baking soda paste, or, for darker or stubborn stains, a paste of baking soda and white vinegar.
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Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
Max out the cream cheese theme by adding swirls or dollops of rich and tangy Cream Cheese Frosting (below) tinted with gel or paste food coloring in your favorite festive holiday hues.
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Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
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Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
One notable case included a patient relaying a dream to Jung about a golden scarab from the prior night.
Half the participants spent 30 minutes a day playing computer games like solitaire and Candy Crush.
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Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
Ditto for the pieces developed with Belgian designer Marie Adam-Leenaerdt that riffed on princess-y jewelry with solitaire rings scaled up to exaggerated proportions.
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