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Recent Examples of zirconFor now, the Acasta Gneiss in northwestern Canada holds the age record at 4.03 billion years old, based on easy-to-date zircon crystals embedded in its grains.—Byrachel Berkowitz, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025 The zircon grain may contain the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water on the red planet, which may have provided environments such as hot springs that are associated with life on Earth.—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024 The signature of Earth’s early rain was found inside zircon crystals from the Hadean Eon.—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024 For instance, there are rare lunar zircon minerals that suggest the moon was born about 4.5 billion years ago.—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for zircon
More recently, however, Raul persuaded his father to downsize the scarabs from about six centimeters, or almost 2.5 inches, to as small as 1.5 centimeters.
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Kathleen Beckett,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
The scarabs are about the size of the palm of your hand.
The invasive species preyed on the solitaire’s eggs, destroyed its nests and competed with it for food.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
In December 2023, PEOPLE confirmed that Lutes popped the question with a bespoke pear-shape diamond solitaire engagement ring created by N.Y.C. luxury jewelry boutique Material Good.
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