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synonyms for zircon

  • gem
  • jewel
  • rhinestone
  • allotrope
  • corundum
  • ice
  • lozenge
  • paragon
  • rhombus
  • rock
  • solitaire
  • bort
  • brilliant
  • jager
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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to zircon, such as: gem, jewel, rhinestone, allotrope, corundum, and ice.
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How to use zircon in a sentence

The new research focused on tiny traces of several elements in the old zircons.
TINY GEMSTONES SHOW WHEN EARTH’S CRUST FIRST STARTED MOVINGNIKK OGASAJUNE 13, 2022SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Armstrong plans to continue studying zircons, in the hopes of finding more ways to exploit them for details about ancient quakes.
ANCIENT ZIRCONS OFFER INSIGHTS INTO EARTHQUAKES OF THE PASTNIKK OGASAJUNE 7, 2022SCIENCE NEWS
Most of the world’s Hadean zircons have been found in a just a dozen sites, and most of those are from a site in Australia.
ANCIENT ZIRCONS MAY RECORD THE DAWN OF PLATE TECTONICSNIKK OGASAMAY 2, 2022SCIENCE NEWS
For the zircons, the team measured the decay of uranium to lead, and in the sand, the researchers compared the abundances of radioactive argon isotopes with stable ones.
THE MYSTERIOUS HIAWATHA CRATER IN GREENLAND IS 58 MILLION YEARS OLDCAROLYN GRAMLINGMARCH 9, 2022SCIENCE NEWS
The study identified grains of the mineral zircon in a Martian meteorite that appeared to be “shocked” by high pressures, indicating large impacts on the Martian surface.
EARLY MARS WAS A LONG-LASTING HELL, METEORITE STUDY SUGGESTSLETO SAPUNARFEBRUARY 4, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCE
This allows us to estimate the age of these zircon grains, using a technique called uranium-lead dating, which is well suited to dating very old rocks.
THE FIRST CONTINENTS BOBBED TO THE SURFACE MORE THAN THREE BILLION YEARS AGO, STUDY SHOWSPRIYADARSHI CHOWDHURYNOVEMBER 10, 2021SINGULARITY HUB 
The zircon grains reveal that the Singhbhum sandstones were deposited around three billion years ago, making them some of the oldest beach deposits in the world.
THE FIRST CONTINENTS BOBBED TO THE SURFACE MORE THAN THREE BILLION YEARS AGO, STUDY SHOWSPRIYADARSHI CHOWDHURYNOVEMBER 10, 2021SINGULARITY HUB 
The preserved record of Earth’s first 500 million years is limited to just a few tiny crystals of the mineral zircon.
AFTER 1.5 BILLION YEARS IN FLUX, HERE’S HOW A NEW, STRONGER CRUST SET THE STAGE FOR LIFE ON EARTHFABIO A CAPITANIODECEMBER 3, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
Zircon is also the source of oxide of zirconium used in making mantles for certain incandescent lights.
GEOLOGYWILLIAM J. MILLER
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WORDS RELATED TO ZIRCON

  • allotrope
  • bort
  • brilliant
  • corundum
  • gem
  • ice
  • jager
  • jewel
  • lozenge
  • paragon
  • rhinestone
  • rhombus
  • rock
  • solitaire
  • zircon
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.