Crossword-Solution: ZIRCON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Zircon | n. | A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. |
We have 29 clues for the answer “ZIRCON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Zirconium | 1 answer |
| STARLITE | 1 answer |
| Opaque or transparent mineral | 1 answer |
| One of December's birthstones | 1 answer |
| Modern December birthstone | 1 answer |
| Matura diamond, actually | 1 answer |
| Matura diamond | 1 answer |
| Gem material | 1 answer |
| Diamond-like gem | 1 answer |
| December stone | 1 answer |
| Clear gemstone | 1 answer |
| Alphabetically last birthstone | 1 answer |
| Jargoon | 2 answers |
| jacinth | 3 answers |
| Transparent gemstone | 3 answers |
| TONALITE, component of | 4 answers |
| Transparent gem | 4 answers |
| MINERAL, island silicate | 4 answers |
| ISLAND silicate mineral | 4 answers |
| Diamond substitute | 6 answers |
| hyacinth | 7 answers |
| birthstone December | 10 answers |
| December birthstone | 11 answers |
| type gem | 15 answers |
| gem type | 15 answers |
| MINERAL searcher | 18 answers |
| Precious stone | 23 answers |
| BIRTHSTONE (in order of month) | 25 answers |
| Gem | 62 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ZIRCON (5)
Among these black schorl or tourmaline, actinolite, zircon, garnet, and fluor spar are not uncommon; but they are too sparingly dispersed to modify the general aspect of the rock.
Having observed, for example, that the syenitic granite of Norway, in which the mineral called zircon abounds, has altered the Silurian strata wherever it is in contact, we do not hesitate to refer other masses of the same zircon-syenite in the south of Norway to a post-Silurian date.
Most of the broad summit is comparatively level and thick sown with crystals, quartz, mica, hornblende, feldspar, granite, zircon, tourmaline, etc., weathered out and strewn closely and loosely as if they had been sown broadcast.
Plagioclase, microcline and quartz are the predominating minerals, while biotite, titanite, epidote, apatite, zircon and garnet are present in smaller quantities.
Andalusite ([...Al=]Fe)^{3}[...Si]^{2} Chrysoberyl [...Be] + [...Al=] Kaynite [...Al=]^{3}[...Si]^{2} Pycnite 6[...Al=]^{3}[...Si]^{2} + (3[...Al=]F^{3} + 2[...Si]F^{3}) Topaz 6[...Al=]^{3}[...Si]^{2} + (3[...Al=]F^{3} + 2[...Si]F^{3}) Zircon [...Zr=][...Si] Staurolite ([...Al=]Fe)^{2}[...Si] ________________________________________________________________________ Hydrous Silicates.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1977–2023).