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cubic zirconia

American  
[zur-koh-nee-uh] / zɜrˈkoʊ ni ə /
Sometimes cubic zirconium

noun

cubic zirconias plural
  1. an artificial crystal resembling a diamond in refraction, dispersion, hardness, and color, used in jewelry. CZ


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A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2024

Juarez made Treviño a special batch and she started experimenting with it, putting it on contemporary, pop-culture jewelry like bamboo hoops and adding her Treviño-touches, like cubic zirconia.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2023

I pointed at a 1 carat cubic zirconia solitaire, brassy and yellow.

From Salon Oct. 10, 2021

A minute later, he was on his knee before her holding a $76 cubic zirconia ring.

From New York Times Oct. 9, 2020

Looking at myself in the rearview mirror, I took the cubic zirconia stud out of my left ear and replaced it with La Llorona’s elaborate ear pendant.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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