Moissanite 2 earrings / new- 1.7 g - (2)

2 Moissanite stud earrings / new

Set in 925 sterling silver

1.70 g / 8.5 ct

6.1 mm x 6.1 mm x 16.3 mm

new and unworn

Moissanite, also chemically known as carborundum or silicon carbide, is a rarely occurring mineral from the mineral class of the elements. It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system with the chemical composition SiC and forms flat, rounded, hexagonal crystals up to five millimeters in size. The mineral is colorless in pure form, but through traces of other elements such as nitrogen, boron, or aluminum it shows a wide spectrum of colors from green (nitrogen) to blue to black (aluminum, boron).

Moissanite was first detected in 1904 by Henri Moissan in a mineral sample of the Canyon-Diablo meteorite, found near the Barringer Crater. Its composition was first examined in 1892 by François Ernest Mallard and in 1893 by Georges Friedel; they recognized that it contained an especially hard material that is inert to hydrochloric acid, and initially regarded it as diamond. In 1904 Moissan was able to examine a larger quantity of the meteorite and, noting the characteristic hexagonal crystals, recognized that the meteorite contains silicon carbide. The new mineral was named after its discoverer, Moissan.

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