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To: SunkenCiv

That’s where Cubic Zirconium rings are born!


5 posted on 06/07/2010 8:14:00 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
That’s where Cubic Zirconium rings are born!

Not true Jack. The cubic form of zirconium is made by humans in laboratories. Gem zircons on the other hand occur naturally in several colors -- blue, white, yellow, red, etc. -- and the white ones were long used as diamond substitutes because of their "fire" and brilliance.

Zircon also has unique properties that make it very useful in dating ancient rocks. See Zircon in Geochronology

6 posted on 06/07/2010 9:35:47 PM PDT by Bernard Marx (I donÂ’t trust the reasoning of anyone who writes then when they mean than.)
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