Fire is ability of stone to break light down into it’s component colors and is also affected by cut. “Fire” can be seen as color coming out of stone.

Luster is amount of light reflected back from surface of stone.

Moissanite, for example, outperforms diamond in brilliance, fire and luster and is only very slightly lower on hardness scale. In fact a special piece of testing equipment had to be designed so that jewellers could tell moissanite from diamond as so many were unable to.

And, of course, moissanite is much cheaper than diamonds. And if most jewellers cannot tell it apart from diamonds, could you?

There are a range of different processes used to produce a stone which is a good diamond alternative. Most produce fine quality stones which produce stunning quality jewelry which any woman would be proud to wear.

Moissanite is not strictly a man made diamond though, as it is, in fact, naturally occurring. Unfortunately it doesn’t occur in sufficient quantities to be commercially viable for mining. But technology has come to rescue by devising a method of producing high quality crystals.

Our preference for best alternative to diamonds? Moissanite. A fine jewelry stone which will make a stunning engagement ring, or other jewelry piece. And you can buy moissanite wedding jewelry at a fraction of price of diamond wedding jewelry.

And when kids come along, buy them something extra from us from money you’ve saved.

As a man does not generally wear an engagement ring his wedding ring may be only piece of jewelry that he wears so mens moissanite wedding rings are designed to catch eye, unlike womens wedding rings which are designed to complement engagement ring rather than detract from it.

Many mens moissanite wedding rings are often set in either gold or two tone white gold/yellow gold. As moissanite is much cheaper than diamonds he has a choice of more stones and bigger ones, so often buys a ring with 2, 3, 4 or more stones in it. Moissanite is not graded in carat (karat) weight exactly like diamonds but it’s comparable diamond carat value is usually offered so that buyers can see exactly how much stone they are getting for their money compared to buying a diamond.

For example it is very possible to buy mens moissanite wedding rings with a number of moissanite stones of 3 to 5 mm diameter of somewhere around 1.5 carats (diamond equivalent weight) for around $500 - $800. Or a single moissanite stone of 7 to 8 mm diameter.

Compare that price to buying same ring with equivalent diamonds and you will be very pleasantly surprised. And your ring will look just as good, or better, than equivalent diamond ring. And usually modern man understands that money spent at start of relationship is money that is not available later on when important things, like kids and a house, arrive.

So men, if you really want a wedding ring that shows off exactly who you are with style and sparkle, but don’t want to spend so much money on it that it makes you uncomfortable, then a mens moissanite wedding ring has to be considered.

But which one? That’s up to you.