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2. Moissanite - Wikipedia

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   A moissanite engagement ring Moissanite: emerald cut. Moissanite was introduced to the jewelry market as a diamond alternative in 1998 after Charles & Colvard (formerly known as C3 Inc.) received patents to create and market lab-grown silicon carbide gemstones, becoming the first firm to do so. By 2018 all patents on the original process world ...

3. Silicon carbide - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic SiC crystals ~3 mm in diameter Two six-inch (≈ 15 cm) wafers made of silicon carbide Because natural moissanite is extremely scarce, most silicon carbide is synthetic. Silicon carbide is used as an abrasive, as well as a semiconductor and diamond simulant of gem quality.

4. List of meteorite minerals - Wikipedia

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   A meteorite mineral is a mineral found chiefly or exclusively within meteorites or meteorite-derived material. [citation needed] This is a list of those minerals, excluding minerals also commonly found in terrestrial rocks.

5. Peridot - Wikipedia

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   Peridot can be found in mafic and ultramafic rocks occurring in lava and peridotite xenoliths of the mantle. The gem occurs in silica-deficient rocks such as volcanic basalt and pallasitic meteorites. Along with diamonds, peridot is one of only two gems observed to be formed not in Earth's crust, but in the molten rock of the upper mantle. [1]

6. Marcasite - Wikipedia

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   As a primary mineral marcasite forms nodules, concretions, and crystals in a variety of sedimentary rock, such as in the chalk layers found on both sides of the English Channel at Dover, Kent, England, and at Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas de Calais, France, where it forms as sharp individual crystals and crystal groups, and nodules (similar to those shown ...

7. Morton vs. Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt: What’s the Difference?

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   Morton kosher salt is relatively coarse, and is made by rolling cubes into flakes that have a distinctly square-ish shape. Produced since 1886 in St. Clair, Michigan, Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt ...