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Moissanite ... stellar beauty, superior brillianceTrade marked by Charles & Colvard

CHARLES & COLVARD created  MOISSANITE ®Moissanite has a rich, romantic history... Born from a shooting star that crashed into the Arizona desert over fifty thousand years ago! Late in the 1880's, a Nobel Prize winning scientist by the name of Dr. Henri Moissan discovered brilliant, diamond-like particles in the impact crater and believed he found diamonds from space. They had two and a half times the fire, more brilliance and more luster than a typical diamond.

However, in the 1920's the scientific community realized that Dr. Moissan had not discovered diamonds, but in-fact discovered a new jewel. In his honor they named it "Moissanite" (Moy-san-ite). Natural Moissanite is so rare that there is literally not enough to make even a pair of stud earrings.

After a century of research and $40 million dollars in development, only one company in the world, Charles & Colvard owns two worldwide patents to create Moissanite. Now this stunning new jewel is available on Earth... with More Fire... More Brilliance & More Luster than any jewel you've ever seen.




GEMSTONE
COMPARISON
CHART
BEAUTY DURABILITY SPECIFIC GRAVITY
BRILLIANCE
Refractive Index
FIRE
Dispersion
LUSTER HARDNESS
Mohs
TOUGHNESS
Moissanite 2.65-2.69 0.104 20.4% 9.25 excellent 3.21
Diamond 2.42 0.044 17.2% 10.00 excellent* 3.52
Sapphire 1.77 0.018 7.4% 9.00 excellent* 4.00
(CZ) Cubic Zirconia 2.15 0.060 13.6% 8.50 good 5.80
* except good in cleavage direction

*Total Weight. Registered logo and trademarks are property of Charles & Colvard.

Moissanite Gemstone
You can learn more about moissanite by visiting the official web site by Charles & Colvard at:
www.moissanite.com






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