Moissanite 2 stud earrings / new- 1.6 g - (2)

2 Moissanite stud earrings / new

Set in 925 sterling silver

1.60 g / 8 ct

6.0 mm x 6.0 mm x 16.0 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. The mineral is colorless in its pure state, but shows a broad spectrum of colors due to traces of other elements such as nitrogen, boron, or aluminum, ranging from green (nitrogen) through blue to black (aluminum, boron).

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

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