Crossword-Solution: CORUNDUM
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| Corundum | n. | The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “CORUNDUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Extremely hard material used as an abrasive | 1 answer |
| GEM polishing agent | 1 answer |
| Mineral in abrasives | 1 answer |
| Sapphires and rubies. | 1 answer |
| crystalline form of aluminium oxide with traces of iron, titanium and chromium | 1 answer |
| kurundam | 1 answer |
| Emery. | 2 answers |
| ALUMINIUM ore | 2 answers |
| Ruby or sapphire | 2 answers |
| abrasive mineral | 3 answers |
| ABRADING material | 4 answers |
| MATERIAL causing abrasion | 4 answers |
| Sapphire. | 7 answers |
| Abrasive | 51 answers |
| Adamant | 75 answers |
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Sentences with CORUNDUM (5)
McTeague turned, one foot on the pedal of his dental engine, the corundum disk whirling between his fingers.
The thing might, after all, be merely a lump of that almost equally hard substance, corundum, with an accidental resemblance in shape to the diamond.
ARGILLITE, ARESENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, Barite, CALCITE, CASSITERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALK, CINNABAR, COPPER (native), Corundum, Dolomite, EMERY, FELDSPAR, Flint, GALENITE, GRANITE, GRAPHITE, GYPSUM, HEMATITE, Hornblende, Jasper, LIMONITE, MAGNESITE, MAGNETITE, MALACHITE, Meerschaum, MICA, OBSIDIAN, Orpiment, PYRITE, QUARTZ, Realgar, SAND, SERPENTINE, SIDERITE, SPHALERITE, Talc, ZINCITE Metals and Alloys.
The scale is: 1) talc; 2)gypsum; 3) calcite; 4) fluorite; 5) apatite; 6) orthoclase; 7) quartz; 8) topaz; 9) corundum; 10) diamond.
Diamonds are pure carbon, but did you know that rubies and sapphires are corundum minerals--rare forms of alumina.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1946–2022).