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Dali is the first company in the Philippines to pioneer hard discount retailing in the country, with a focus on underprivileged communities as its primary market. Its stores are leanly staffed, often with just two cashiers and no baggers, which helps reduce labor and stocking costs.
In 2001, a diamond-like-structured c-BC 2 N was synthesized at pressures >18 GPa and temperatures >2,200 K by a direct solid-state phase transition of graphite-like (BN) 0.48 C 0.52. The reported Vickers and Knoop hardnesses were intermediate between diamond and c-BN, making the new phase the second hardest known material. [39]
Some high-end fine jewelers have gotten on board with the trend. In 2023, jeweler Jean Dousset, the great-great-grandson of Louis Cartier, opened a showroom with “designer” lab-grown diamonds ...
Moissanite is birefringent (i.e., light sent through the material splits into separate beams that depend on the source polarization), which can be easily seen, and diamond is not. [25] Because of its hardness, it can be used in high-pressure experiments, as a replacement for diamond (see diamond anvil cell). [6]
In May 2009, a 7.03-carat (1.406 g) blue diamond fetched the highest price per carat ever paid for a diamond when it was sold at auction for 10.5 million Swiss francs (6.97 million euros, or US$9.5 million at the time). [60]
Diamond is extremely strong owing to its crystal structure, known as diamond cubic, in which each carbon atom has four neighbors covalently bonded to it. Bulk cubic boron nitride (c-BN) is nearly as hard as diamond. Diamond reacts with some materials, such as steel, and c-BN wears less when cutting or abrading such material. [4]
The following is a list of notable companies based in Zamboanga City.Zamboanga is a highly urbanized city located in Mindanao, Philippines.With a population of more than 807,129, according to the 2015 census, it is the fifth-most populous and third-largest city by land area in the Philippines and also the second most populous in Mindanao after Davao City.
EcoTower is a 32-story edifice with 25 office floors located in Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, Philippines.Classified as a Grade A building, EcoTower's construction began in 2011 and was completed in January 2013.