A lab-created diamond, also known as a lab-grown or synthetic diamond, shares the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and physical properties as its natural counterpart formed beneath the Earth's surface. What distinguishes it is its origin — crafted in a controlled laboratory setting rather than extracted through mining.
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Natural Moissanite, was first discovered by the Nobel prize winning chemist Henri Moissan in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1893. Henri Moissan discovered microscopic particles of the gem in the meteorite, which was later identified as SiC (Silicon Carbide). However, natural moissanite is extremely rare and hard to find in nature. It took scientists many years to finally grow these extremely rare silicon carbide crystals. In 1905 Kunz applied the name moissanite to the natural mineral in Moissan’s honor.
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