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A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone.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
There is a lot of confusion between zircons, a mined mineral, and cubic zirconia, an inexpensive synthetic crystal.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
I pointed at a 1 carat cubic zirconia solitaire, brassy and yellow.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
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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