Moissanite is a lab-created stone based on the structure of natural moissanite, which is linked to meteorites. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, moissanite is 95. It has more brilliance, fire and luster than any hard jewel on earth, including diamond. (See Moissanite Facts.) (Note: Sources listed in order of primary and secondary deposits.)
an artificial damond, Lincoln
an artificial diamond, Lincoln
a pretty expensive gem but cheaper than Diamonds
(MOY-zan-ite) Crystals of silicon carbide that are extremely hard and dense, and shine with tremendous brilliance. Naturally occurring silicon-carbide crystals were first discovered by French scientist Henri Moissan in a 50,000-year-old meteor in Diablo Canyon, Arizona. Since that time, scientists have discovered how to take a small natural crystal and "grow" it into a larger crystal more suitable for use in jewelry. Moissanite has a Mohs rating of 9.5, second only to the diamond in terms of hardness. It surpasses diamonds in its ratings for fire, brilliance and luster.
Transparent silicon carbide marketed as a diamond simulant. Named after Henri Moissan.
Diamond look-alike created from silicon carbide. Moissanite has properties similar to diamonds including extreme hardness, brilliance, and inclusions. Because of these close similarities Moissanite often costs more than CZ.
Moissanite is a very hard mineral that was discovered by Dr. Ferdinand Henri Moissan (1852-1907), a French chemist and Nobel Prize winner (Moissan did work on synthesizing diamonds and discovered carborundum in 1891). He found tiny amounts of Moissanite in the iron meteorite that was found at Diablo Canyon (also called Meteor Crater) in Arizona, USA. Moissanite ranges in color from colorless to blue to green to yellow. Its chemical makeup is Silicon Carbide (SiC); it is also called Carborundum. Moisannite crystals are transparent to translucent. Moissanite has a hardness of 9.25 (this is almost as hard as diamond) and a specific gravity of 3.1 - 3.2. Laboratory-grown Moissanite is sold as a gemstone.
Named after Nobel prize-winning scientist Henri Moissan who discovered fragments of the substance in a meteorite crater in the Arizonan Desert. One of the few quality alternatives to diamond. Read more about the creation of Moissanite here.
