zirconia
Britishnoun
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Proposed alternatives include minerals such as calcium carbonate, alpha alumina, rutile and anatase titania, cubic zirconia, and even diamond.
From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025
A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone.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
Hanging by another is a shiny Damien Hirst cabinet filled with rows of cubic zirconia.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 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
The zirconia studs weren’t expensive, but they were a birthday gift from Mamá, so I didn’t want to lose them.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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