Moissanite 2 earrings / new- 1.64 g - (2)

2 Moissanite stud earrings / new

Set in 925 sterling silver

1.64 g / 8.2 ct

6.1 mm x 6.1 mm x 16.2 mm

new and unworn

Moissanite, chemically also known as carborundum or silicon carbide, is a rare mineral from the mineral class of 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. In pure form the mineral is colorless, but due to traces of other elements such as nitrogen, boron or aluminum it shows a wide color spectrum from green (nitrogen) through blue to black (aluminum, boron).

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

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