What in the World Is Moissanite? The Worlds Newest Jewelry Stone.

Written by Peter Crump


Moissanite is a naturally occurring crystal which occurs in such small amounts and sizes as to be uncommercial.

It was discovered in 1893 by Henri Moissan in a meteorite which had fallen to earth some 50000 years ago and landed inrepparttar Arizona desert. Dr Moissan started studying small fragments from this meteorite and made an astonishing discovery. Imbedded in it were tiny amounts of what looked like a new unknown jewel.

Although it occurs naturally on earth it is only in tiny quantities and commercially unviable.

Scientists could see its potential as a brilliant new jewelry stone and so set out to manufacture it in a lab. It's application as a jewel was immediately clear and so a new naturally occurring but also man made jewel was born. The process of making it is very new. It has only been commercially available in jewelry since 1998, so is only a few years old onrepparttar 138582 jewelry market.

It is exceedingly hard to make andrepparttar 138583 process to do so is kept very secret. It can only currently be made in reasonably small quantities.

There are a number of properties of jewels which are common amongst them and are therefore used for comparison purposes. These properties are beauty, colour, brilliance, fire and luster, durability and rarity.

The brilliance of a jewel is created byrepparttar 138584 cut. A diamond in it's natural state for instance is pretty unimpressive. Give it a proper design and userepparttar 138585 diamonds natural refraction of light and it is beautiful. It isrepparttar 138586 cut that does this, however it isrepparttar 138587 qualities ofrepparttar 138588 jewel which producerepparttar 138589 brilliance once it has been cut. Brilliance can be measured byrepparttar 138590 amount of light which enters a jewel compared withrepparttar 138591 amount which comes back when put under a light source.

Fire refers torepparttar 138592 ability ofrepparttar 138593 stone to refract light back out in colours. The light rays break up into their original spectrum colours and that is what givesrepparttar 138594 jewel its special character.

Luster isrepparttar 138595 amount of light reflected back fromrepparttar 138596 surface ofrepparttar 138597 jewel.

Durability isrepparttar 138598 toughness,repparttar 138599 resistance to scratching, chipping, or splitting. This is detemined by its hardness, and it is alsorepparttar 138600 hardness which determinesrepparttar 138601 brilliance.

Rarity is reasonably obvious. It isrepparttar 138602 availability ofrepparttar 138603 jewel.

Will they or will they not cheat?

Written by Angela Renee


Have you ever told your partner or spouse how you would feel if you found out they had been cheating? Maybe your spouse or partner will never cheat on you! Are would they?

Ok, maybe they want cheat. But you must facerepparttar fact that your spouse or partner will be tempted withrepparttar 138546 "grass is greener onrepparttar 138547 other side" especially after allrepparttar 138548 responsibilities of parenthood have set in and things are not so carefree anymore. And you will be faced with that same temptation unless both of you have suddenly become really, really an eye sore.

Who knows? They may be attracted torepparttar 138549 same thing you find attractive about your spouse or partner inrepparttar 138550 beginning and now! By realizing this now, depending onrepparttar 138551 type of relationship you are in, not only can you make this one ofrepparttar 138552 healthy topics to discuss but you can possibly get back some of what was lost. You know before all ofrepparttar 138553 many responsibilities set into everyone's life.

Cheating causes so much pain and grief and if you have not experienced it firsthand, take a look around - It affects everyone! Saying no requires at timesrepparttar 138554 willpower to walk - no run away,repparttar 138555 action to back up what you say and truly caring about your partner or spouse feelings.

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