Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). The synthesized material is hard and usually colorless, but may be made in a variety of different colors. It should not be confused with zircon, which is a zirconium silicate (ZrSiO4). It is sometimes erroneously called cubic zirconium.
Because of its low cost, durability, and close visual likeness to diamond, synthetic cubic zirconia has remained the most gemologically and economically important competitor for diamonds since commercial production began in 1976. Its main competitor as a synthetic gemstone is a more recently cultivated material, synthetic moissanite.
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I once was threatened by the father of the bride and had the [police] haul him off all because his daughter didn't pay for a cake, so I didn't make it. We do everything online, through a payment plan. You do your down payment after we agree on design/flavours from the tasting, and then sign a contract. In that contract it states that if the cake isn't paid for in advance, I don't make it. We send you reminder emails and such, so it's not like we just straight up ignore you until it's go time, but still, it's your responsibility to pay. His daughter never made payments on her cake so my payment system cancelled it and refunded her money minus the downpayment, as is standard.
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from SOLIPSISTIC,
released February 1, 2021
16 year-old Nisha lives in Norway a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.
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