Affirm your commitment through the beauty of moissanite engagement rings.
While diamonds remain the most popular choice, today's brides-to-be have many alternatives for stunning engagement rings, including pearl, aquamarine, tanzanite and moissanite engagement rings.
A relative newcomer on the jewelry scene, moissanite is a startlingly brilliant gem nearly indistinguishable from diamonds to the casual observer and offers the mystique of being one of the rarest jewels in the world.
Moissanite is a rare mineral with a hexagonal crystal structure that occurs in iron-nickel meteorites and may also be called silicon carbide or carborundum in reference to its chemistry.
Naturally occurring moissanite crystals are too miniscule for use in jewelry, and it wasn't until a lab process was created to grow large, single crystals that moissanite became a practical choice for engagement rings and other adornments.