Five questions on lesson 1 of Diamond vs moissanite. The questions and the answers to pick from come in a new order every time you start.
Pick an answer, and the question marks itself. For a question that you answer in your own words, think of your answer first. Then show our answer and say whether you had it. Nothing is saved or sent.
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Question 1: A listing calls a moissanite a "lab-grown diamond". What's wrong?
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b: "lab-grown" tells you where a stone was made, not what it is. Moissanite is silicon carbide.
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Question 2: Which of these is a diamond simulant?
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c: HPHT and CVD diamonds are diamond. Moissanite only looks like one.
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Question 3: Why does the simulator let you choose natural or lab-grown for diamond, but not for moissanite?
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b: Natural moissanite exists, but the largest known crystal is 4.1 mm, so gem moissanite is always grown.
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Question 4: What crystal system does moissanite belong to?
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b: Hexagonal layers, where diamond is cubic.
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Question 5: You turn both crystal models on the gemstone pages. Without reading the labels, name one difference you can see.
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For example: moissanite has two kinds (colors) of atom and diamond has one. Or: moissanite has hexagonal layers and diamond has a cubic cell.
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