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Moissanite — Unlike any other jewel ever seen! A century ago, Nobel Prize winner Dr. Henri Moissan discovered tiny quantities of a new mineral in an ancient meteorite near Meteor Crater in Arizona.

The new mineral displayed the potential for an absolutely shimmering brilliance, fire, luster, and it was incredibly hard. Unfortunately, the supply of natural moissanite wasn't large enough even to create a pair of earrings. It was only after years of research that a breakthrough discovery enabled Charles & Colvard to create crytals which were large enough to produce breathtaking jewels.

Properly cut by master cutters, the comparison to fine diamond is unavoidable. Moissanite has measurably more fire, brilliance and luster at a fraction of the cost of diamond. These faceted jewels now offer you a variety of choices and they are available in near colorless to very slightly tinted. You can purchase moisanite in the most popular shapes -- such as round, oval, marquise, pear, radiant cut octagon, heart, triangle, trillion, square brilliant princess, and antique squares.

The optical properties of diamond produce its brillance, luster and fire. By virtue of its mineral structure, moissanite produces more sparkle than diamond and generally out performs diamond on all counts.