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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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