What is the difference between cubic zirconium and Moissanite?
Moissanite and cubic zirconium have very little in common except that they are commonly compared because they are both categorized as “diamond simulants” or “artificial diamonds.” The biggest and most important difference is that cubic zirconium is soft. The reason cubic zirconium becomes dull and appears clouded is because it can be scratched during routine wear. The scratches are responsible for making a cubic zirconium stone look like a piece of salt rock over time. Moissanite, on the other hand, is second in hardness only to diamond. In fact, the only thing that can scratch a Moissanite is another Moissanite or a diamond. That’s it. So the Moissanite stone you buy today, regardless of who you buy it from, is guaranteed to look as brilliant and clear 50 years from the day you bought it.
