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In 1893, A French scientist by the name of Dr. Henri Moissan found some very small amounts of silicon carbide in an ancient meteorite in Diablo Canyon in Arizona. This silicon carbide became known as Moissanite and has hardness comparable to diamonds. The diamond is the hardest substance on earth. There was some thought at the time that Moissanite would be good for use in jewelry but natural Moissanite was too small and rare to make the possibility of using it in jewelry possible.

You can buy Moissanite jewelry in many stores, with synthetic Moissanite presently being grown in laboratories. It can be difficult to distinguish the colorless Moissanite from a colorless diamond and some jewelers are unable to make that distinction. Because the two are indistinguishable, there is concern that Moissanite will be accidentally or deliberately sold as a diamond. The problem question here is that if a jeweler cannot make the distinction, how can a consumer know if the diamond the consumer bought is truly a diamond or a Moissanite? Some instruments are available in laboratories to assist in the detection of synthetic Moissanite as well as other stones. These laboratory instruments are used to detect fraudulent or innocent representations of Moissanite as diamonds. However the same machines that are used to test for man made  diamonds will sometimes give a false positive when testing Moissanite, as the stone has very similar thermal conductivity to a true diamond.

When buying Moissanite, you should do so only because it is what you want and not that it was marketed to entice a sale. When you buy Moissanite, buy it from a reputable dealer. Know that the dealer you are buying it from is a person that is respected by fellow dealers in the gemstone dealership community. A reputable dealer will answer all of the questions you may have about your purchase of Moissanite and will tell you everything there is to know about the purchase you have just made. You should leave with a comfortable feeling about your purchase. There are just a few jewelers that carry Moissanite jewelry. Moissanite jewelry is generally set in very fine settings of 22 carat gold or platinum. A potential buyer of Moissanite jewelry may often have the choice of designing his/her own stone.

Because of the hardness of Moissanite (9.25 MOHS), it has uses other than being a stimulant for the diamond in jewelry. Using the hardness of the diamond (10 MOHS) for industrial or laboratory purposes can be very expensive, but with the advent of the less expensive Moissanite, the cost of these various purposes has been cut. Because it expresses thermal conductivity, Moissanite is used in protection circuits for motors and energy storage systems and more.

As Moissanite is a synthetic gem stone, it is often confused with cubic zirconium and they are definitely and decidedly two different gemstones. The brilliance of Moissanite jewelry will never fade and the care of the jewelry is the same as the care of any fine jewelry. It can be cleaned with any fine non acidic jewelry cleaner the same as you would use to clean a diamond. .