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2. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Conversely, the jewellery industry in the early 20th century launched a campaign to popularise wedding rings for men, which caught on, as well as engagement rings for men, which did not, go so far as to create a false history and claim that the practice had medieval roots. By the mid-1940s, 85% of weddings in the U.S. featured a double-ring ...

3. Zirconium dioxide - Wikipedia

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   Visually discerning a good quality cubic zirconia gem from a diamond is difficult, and most jewellers will have a thermal conductivity tester to identify cubic zirconia by its low thermal conductivity (diamond is a very good thermal conductor). This state of zirconia is commonly called cubic zirconia, CZ, or zircon by jewellers, but the last ...

4. Moissanite - Wikipedia

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   A moissanite engagement ring Moissanite: emerald cut. Moissanite was introduced to the jewelry market as a diamond alternative in 1998 after Charles & Colvard (formerly known as C3 Inc.) received patents to create and market lab-grown silicon carbide gemstones, becoming the first firm to do so. By 2018 all patents on the original process world ...

5. Eternity ring - Wikipedia

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   Eternity ring. An eternity ring, also known as an infinity ring, is a woman's ring [1] comprising a band of precious metal (usually gold) set with a continuous line of identically cut gemstones (usually diamonds) [2] to symbolize never-ending love, usually given by a spouse to their wife on the occasion of a significant anniversary, [citation needed] typically after five years of marriage.

6. Championship ring - Wikipedia

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   The first instance of this was the Redskins Super Bowl XVII ring when many in the front office received rings that were not solid gold and contained cubic zirconia stones (which resemble diamonds). When Tampa Bay won Super Bowl XXXVII , the players and coaches received rings with a diamond-centered Lombardi trophy. [ 14 ]

7. Heusler compound - Wikipedia

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   Heusler compounds are magnetic intermetallics with face-centered cubic crystal structure and a composition of XYZ (half-Heuslers) or X 2 YZ (full-Heuslers), where X and Y are transition metals and Z is in the p-block. The term derives from the name of German mining engineer and chemist Friedrich Heusler, who studied such a compound (Cu 2 MnAl ...