Prong Settings Shared Prong Settings In this classic setting, two or more prongs wrap around the crown of a stone to secure it in place. Also known as a claw setting, this mounting style minimizes t...
Windowing is an optical phenomenon that occurs when light passes through a gemstone without being refracted. If windowing is present in a gemstone the observer can look through the stone at certain an...
Durability is a material's ability to remain intact or withstand exposure to temperature and chemicals. Moissanite can easily withstand temperature variations during the jewelry manufacturing process ...
Hardness refers to a gemstone's resistance to being scratched or abraded and is commonly expressed as a number ranking (1 being the softest and 10 being the hardest) on Mohs relative hardness scale. M...
The ability of a gemstone to remain intact, withstand force (pressure) and resist breaking or chipping is known as toughness. Determined by a substance's atomic and chemical structure, toughness can v...
Luster is the amount of light that is reflected back to the observer from the surface of the gemstone. In addition to superior fire and brilliance, Moissanite has 18% greater luster than a diamond and...
The refractive index is the measurement of a gemstones ability to slow down, bend, and reflect light. The greater the R.I., the greater the brilliance of the gemstone. Brilliance is the flashes of wh...
Fire (also called dispersion) is when light that enters a gemstone (Moissanite, diamond, CZ, etc.) and is split into all the different colors of the rainbow. Fire is colored light flashes. Moissanite ...