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Recent Examples of zircon
The team first crushes the rocks into fine grains and separates out the zircons using dense liquids and magnetic fields.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zircon
Noun
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The shoes featured a backless, slip-on mule design with a coordinating rhinestone ankle strap that goes across the front of the foot.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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It’s designed with a V-neckline, angled pleating, and a faux-wrap bodice that’s secured with a glittering rhinestone brooch.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists recently unearthed a trove of priceless ancient jewelry and gold coins near the ruins of a historic Christian city.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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There is also a cabochon moonstone dated 1913 on the exterior.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Apply a baking soda paste, or, for darker or stubborn stains, a paste of baking soda and white vinegar.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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One notable case included a patient relaying a dream to Jung about a golden scarab from the prior night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Per Vogue, the proceedings also featured a famous cameo.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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There were other signs of encouragement, like Diouf and Crysencio Summerville’s left-wing partnership, plus Freddie Potts’ solid cameo appearance.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Variations with baguette diamonds turned the dangling elements into dancing spots of light for a different but no less charming take.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Just a baguette and cheese in the park.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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Half the participants spent 30 minutes a day playing computer games like solitaire and Candy Crush.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Zircon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zircon. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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