This Porcelain Is Tougher Than It Looks

RACHEL FELDER, NY Times: Fashion & Style
Fri, 07/20/2018 - 3:00am

The Hong Kong jeweler Wallace Chan spent seven years developing a type of porcelain that is five times harder than steel, and he’s more than ready to demonstrate it.

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