What is the difference between moissanite&cubic zirconia in lab created diamonds?
Moissanite and cubic zirconia are both lab-created gems designed to resemble diamonds. Moissanite is silicon carbide, while cubic zirconia is zirconium dioxide. Cubic zirconia is less expensive and better known than Moissanite.Silicon CarbideAccording to whatismoissanite.com, in 1893 Dr. Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan discovered a new mineral called silicon carbide in samples from a meteorite that crashed into the Canyon Diablo area of Arizona about 50,000 years ago.Creating MoissaniteThe meteorite crystals were too rare and unrefined to create jewelry. In the 1980s, scientists discovered how to create gem-quality silicon carbide which would later be sold under the trade name Moissanite.Charles & ColvardIn 1998, Charles & Colvard introduced its line of Moissanite jewelry.Zirconium OxideAccording to Emporia State University’s website, cubic zirconia is made of lab-created zirconium dioxide, a mineral that was found in nature only once in the 1930s.Creating Cubic ZirconiaIn the 1970s,
