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- Zircon
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Zircons are very ordinary minerals which
arise naturally in clear, yellow, brown, orange and reddish-brown
colors. Zircon is often heat treated to enhance
or alter their color. Mohs scale: 6.5-7.5.
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- Zinc
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A rich, lustrous, bluish-white, metallic
element of the magnesium-cadmium group. Zinc is brittle at
space temperature but malleable when heated.
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