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Semi Precious Stone Cubic Zirconia Bracelet

Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is zirconium oxide (ZrO2), a mineral that is tremendously rare in nature but is broadly synthesized for use as a diamond stimulant. The synthesized material is hard, optically flawless and typically colorless, but may be made in a variety of unlike colors. It should not be confused with zircon, which is a zirconium silicate (ZrSiO4).

Because of its low cost, toughness, and close visual likeness to diamond, synthetic cCubic Zirconia has remained the most geologically and cost-effectively important diamond stimulant since 1976. Its main competition as a synthetic gemstone is the more newly cultivated material moissanite.

Color: More exactly, the lack of color: Only the rarest of diamonds are truly neutral, most having a tinge of yellow or brown to some extent. By comparison, CZ could be made entirely colorless: corresponding to a perfect "D" on diamond's color grading scale.