About Moissanite
What is Moissanite
Moissanite was first discoverd in 1893 by a French scientist named Henri Moissan, who later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the microscopic particles of the gem in a crater created by a meteorite that fell to Earth and later the gem eventually bear his name in Arizona. Research shows the gem is composed of silicon carbide, which is more brilliant than the other gemstones. Natural moissanite is incredibly rare,it is limited for jewelry purposes, moissanite available today is lavoratory-created.
After decades of trial and error, China electronice technology group corporation II institute simulated natural growth environment, and successfully produced almost colorless rough moissanite, making it a leader of industry and one of the best rough moissanite suppliers in the world.
Starsgem Co.,Ltd located in the capital of synthetic gemstone Wuzhou, China, which has ten years experience in manufacturing and selling high quality gemstone. Starsgem owns a professional QC department, which is strict in checking moissanite quality to guarantee each moissanite perfect. Starsgem rough moissanite comes from China electronics technology froup corporation II institute, we successfully produced perfect moissanite stones, which achieve 3EX cutting level : Excellent Polishing; Excellent Symmetry; Excellent cutting. Compared with other companies, Starsgem's moissanite are more brilliant. Besides, Starsgem has rich experience is special cutting, which displays 8Hearts8Arrows and 10Hearts10Arrows etc, and to make moissanite more unique.
Moissanite is not Artificial Diamond
With unique characteristic, moissanite is different from diamond. Their chemical components are different, although they look similar from appearance. The nature diamond is C and moissanite is SiC. Moissanite is not artificial diamond. Synthetic diamond can be produced in large quantity but moissanite cannot. That is why moissanite is valueble than synthetic diamond.
With the Same Carat, Moissanite is Bigger than Diamond by 10%