Moissanite Instead of Diamonds

Published on February 13th, 2006 - 8 Comments
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8 Responses to “Moissanite Instead of Diamonds”

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   Jose Says:
   February 13th, 2006 at 8:10 am

   I do think that costume jewelry is nice. Moissanite, Cubic Zirconia, and other diamond imitations are preety. Even glass is preety.
   But those are best left for when a girl wants to buy it for herself.

   On gifts I only believe on giving the real thing. No inmitations, no fakes, just like the real love. Of course, the only diamond I have given to my wife was the engagement one, I can’t afford to give diamonds every year. But whatever I give her is true, even if not expensive. As true as my love to her.

   A gift card to a jewelry store that carries diamond inmitations may be an option. Let her choose what she wants to wear.

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   jim Says:
   February 13th, 2006 at 2:59 pm

   I find that’s it’s more important to give a gift that required some thinking than one that just required a credit card. Jewelry is a nice backup but a good gift is much harder than that.

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   Bill Says:
   February 28th, 2006 at 2:36 pm

   Check out Wikipedia for the discovery of “Moissanite” a.k.a. Silicon carbide. It was synthetically created in 1893 by Edward Goodrich Acheson, before it was discovered in nature in 1905 as part of the Arizona meteorite to which you refer. Acheson was awarded the patent for its creation.

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   nickel Says:
   February 28th, 2006 at 3:06 pm

   Thanks Bill. I wasn’t aware of that.

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   Tracy Says:
   April 21st, 2006 at 11:05 pm

   Instead of Moissanite, you may want to look in to White Zircon. It’s real and just as pretty.

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   David Says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 10:13 pm

   Girlfriend and I picked out a Moissanite engagement ring. Excellent stone. No one knows it isn’t a diamond and we don’t tell them it is. Beautiful. Don’t let the debeers marketing campaign fool you. Diamonds are just rocks and the only reason they have such high value is that debeers owns 85 percent of the market. Also, if you have a small village in Africa and decide to mine your own diamonds yourself, they will KILL you. Search “blood diamonds” on the internet. Check Moissanite out at an independent jewelry store.

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   mark Says:
   May 9th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

   If it looks like a diamond, is as hard as a diamond, quality of a diamond, of course i’ll buy moissanite. Only an idiot would spend $5,400 more just to say “it’s the real thing.” Believe me, no cares if it’s the real thing. It’s the look and quality that counts, and the price of course.

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   Shawn Says:
   February 20th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

   Jose and a few of you are idiots. It’s only “real” like love because Debeers and their marketing have convinced you that it’s the only way to prove ones love…

   freak’n stupid!