Moissanite: Mysterious, Gorgeous, and Your Little Secret

What tests like a diamond, sparkles like a diamond, and costs a mere fraction of the price of a diamond? Moissanite gemstones! With the closest possible physical characteristics of diamonds including color and clarity even some jewelers can't tell the difference between a quality moissanite gemstone and a genuine diamond.

If you want a stunning piece of jewelry with all of the sparkle, fire, and brilliance of diamonds consider substituting a piece of moissanite in place of diamonds. Not only will you have a gorgeous piece of jewelry, you'll pay considerably less than you would for a similar size and quality of diamond. Plus, the sparkle and fire of moissanite will get your heart pumping (or the heart of someone you love).

Moissanite is the result of both science and art and what a fabulous result it is! In the late 1880s, a man named Dr. Henri Moissan discovered a natural silicon carbide in a meteorite found in Arizona. This mineral was brilliant, lustrous, and incredibly hard. Unfortunately, it was also extremely rare and only found naturally at the microscopic level.

Scientists and researchers finally figured out a way to create moissanite in the lab and the end result is worth fawning over. In fact, the refractive index and dispersion ratings of diamonds are lower than those of moissanite gemstones. This means that your moissanite jewelry will actually have more sparkle and fire than diamond jewelry! Even when dirty, oily, or smudged, your lab-created gemstone will retain its brilliance and fire better than other gemstones.

You might find it ironic that one of the advantages of moissanite is that these gemstones also have minor flaws just as most diamonds do. Other simulated diamonds often lack flaws which make them easy to identify as being something other than a real diamond. Because a flawless diamond is an extreme rarity, a jeweler will immediately recognize that a flawless gemstone is most likely not a real diamond.