Moissanite
In 1893, Nobel Prize winning chemist Dr. Henri Moissan discovered tiny crystals of silicon carbide in an Arizona meteorite. He successfully identified these sparkling crystals as a new mineral, “silicon carbide,” which like diamonds is also made from carbon. The crystals are extremely rare, and scientists worked for a century to recreate these brilliant stones. In 1995, Charles & Colvard was founded to cut, polish, and bring to market the first, finest engineered moissanite.
At Vogue Gem, all our Moissanite engagement rings are crafted with certified Forever One® Moissanite by Charles and Colvard, which is the highest quality, whitest, and brightest variety. It’s graded D-E-F in color (meaning it’s basically colorless), and it displays 10% more brilliance and 2.4 times the fire of diamonds. When it comes to hardness (resistance to scratching) and toughness (resistance to breaking), Forever One® Moissanite is exceptional. On the Mohs scale of hardness, moissanite is rated as a 9.25, which means it is harder than every gemstone except diamond (diamonds are the hardest known mineral, scoring a 10 on the Mohs scale. And Sapphire is rated 9 on the Mohs scale). But compared to diamonds, moissanite is relatively affordable. And best of all, it’s absolutely Conflict-Free!
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