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Cubic stone?
Answer for the clue "Cubic stone? ", 8 letters:
zirconia
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Word definitions for zirconia in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes [syn: zirconium oxide , zirconium dioxide ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zirconia \Zir*co"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.) The oxide of zirconium ( ZrO2 ), obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient ...
Usage examples of zirconia.
His distrust dated from the day the Antwerp cutters fold him five of his stones were cubic zirconia, which was about three weeks before he died.
Five diamonds had mysteriously become cubic zirconia, and yes it was an entirely stupid thing to do, because the substitution was bound to be discovered almost at once, and you knew it would be.
Cubic zirconia, size for size, was one point seven times heavier than diamond.
The zirconia will be in solution, and is recovered by precipitating with potassium sulphate, or by evaporating the solution and igniting.
I tucked the packet of zirconia into my pocket with the pamphlets and tape, then scooped up the tray.
His distrust dated from the day the Antwerp cutters told him five of his stones were cubic zirconia, which was about three weeks before he died.
Five diamonds had mysteriously become cubic zirconia, and yes, it was an entirely stupid thing to do, because the substitution was bound to be discovered almost at once, and you knew it would be.
It was just a pair of cubic zirconia earrings I ordered for myself for sixteen dollars, so I showed it to him.
But the intimacy was as far from the real thing as a cubic zirconia from a Kimberly diamond.
She looks about as out of place here as a Cubic Zirconia in a diamond display.
Sort of insulting since I had a very nice pair of cubic zirconias that I thought looked every bit as good as diamonds.
The dirt-rovers were laden down with supplies: spare zirconia cells, bubble tents, fuel cells and solar arrays, repair tools and extra parts for the dirt-rovers along with a spare thermophotovoltaic isotope generator, superfiber cable and a winch and pitons, water, and fifty days' supply of the highly condensed and nearly tasteless bricks of food that the astronauts referred to as Purina Human Chow.