fragments

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Researchers uncovered 23 hearths containing large numbers of crushed and burned fragments of green mineral.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

In four years of war, Romania has reported 28 airspace breaches and 47 fallen drone fragments, according to data released on Friday by the defence ministry.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

He preferred working with incomplete pieces of artifacts, known as fragments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The next case housed a Canyon Diablo meteorite, one of many fragments of the asteroid that created the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas