Moissanite 2 earrings / new- 1.68 g - (2)

2 Moissanite stud earrings / new

Set in 925 sterling silver

1.68 g / 8.4 ct

6.0 mm x 6.0 mm x 15.9 mm

new and unworn

Moissanite, chemically also 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 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 detected in 1904 by Henri Moissan in a mineral sample of the Canyon Diablo meteorite, which was found near the Barringer Crater. Its composition was first studied 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 thought it to be diamond. In 1904 Moissan was able to examine a larger quantity of the meteorite and, by the typical hexagonal crystals, recognized that the meteorite contains silicon carbide. The new mineral was named after its discoverer, Moissanite.

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