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/ˈmɔi.sə.nait/ · noun
(mineralogy) Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic..
A new diamond simulant that is harder to detect than current simulants will debut in early 1997, The material -- synthetic moissanite -- is thermally conductive like diamond, readering conventional testers obsolete for this characteristic.
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Moissanite means (mineralogy) Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic..
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A new diamond simulant that is harder to detect than current simulants will debut in early 1997, The material -- synthetic moissanite -- is thermally conductive like diamond, readering conventional testers obsolete for this characteristic.
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