moissanite!

This stuff seems sweet -- has anyone ever bought any?

www.diamondssuck.com

www.moissaniteco.com


I think we're going to buy a stone for my engagement ring -- eco-friendly and conflict-free!

My parents gave me a pair of earrings and a pendant for Christmas. I didn't see what the big deal was until I got them. It really is beautiful and incredibly sparkly. While not inexpensive, you can get more look for the same amount of money you'd spend on a diamond.

I used to work in a dept. store in a sublease dept. selling "fish gravel", as we called it. Really really bad diamonds that should have been used for grinding wheels. The public didn't know any better.

I have GIA (Gemological Institute of America) certificates in Diamond Grading and Colored Stone Grading, and all the reasons cited in the article (www.diamondssuck.com) are true. Diamonds are a horrendous ripoff, a monopoly, etc. I don't know what "luster index" means, however.

DeBeers has been brainwashing Americans for years.


I haven't ever examined moissanite, but then I've never seen a D-flawless diamond (the highest cut and color grade possible) either. Never worked in a store with anything worth carrying out of the store.


Moissanite gives gem appraisers fits because they can't tell the difference between it and cubic carbon with their heat conduction tests. The refractive index and dispersion are different, so I guess they have to measure RI.


I think if I ever get married again, and want something really weird I might go for mokume gane which is metal beaten in layers to resemble woodgrains. Originated in Japan.


Now if you want the most expensive gem material per unit, get nephrite.
Nephrite is real jade.

It's great to get your perspective on this. I'd never heard of mokume gane, but just did a google image search -- how cool!! I'll have to show my fiance. I bet he'd love that.

From "SNATCH":

Sol: No, it's a moissanite.
Bad Boy Lincoln: A what-a-nite?
Sol: A moissanite is an artificial diamond, Lincoln. It's Mickey Mouse, man. Spurious. Not genuine. And it's worth... Fuck-all.

Now don't get all up in the air now...it's a MOVIE QUOTE.

I have a multi-stone (past-present-future) necklace. Trying to convince my hubby to exchange my sapphire engagement ring with a moissanite one at the moment. LOL

We are both anti-diamond, but I love the way these moissanite stones look. I just wish they weren't almost as expensive as the real thing. :)

They're also carried at Kohl's and JC Penney's now too.