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On warm honey-veined marble with the shadow of a window and leaves falling across it, golden morning sun.
A macro in warm sunlight, the stones throwing colour, a warm softly blurred background.
A garden lunch under a vine pergola in a square-neck sundress, dappled light, cropped at the chin.
The Mossante Petal Necklace

Four stones. One small flower.

In 1893 Henri Moissan pulled bright crystals from an Arizona meteorite crater and misread them. Today that mineral is grown in a lab. Four stones of it make one small flower.

Four lab-grown moissanites, claw set, on 925 sterling silver. Petite or Classic, silver or gold plated.

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Where it comes from

From a crater to your collarbone

Six pictures. One minute.

Something hit Arizona
About 50,000 years ago

Something hit Arizona

An iron meteorite struck the high desert and left a crater three quarters of a mile across. It is still there.

Henri Moissan went looking
1893

Henri Moissan went looking

The chemist who first isolated fluorine, and who would win the Nobel Prize for it, began sifting fragments from the crater.

Crystals that threw color
The find

Crystals that threw color

They threw more fire than anything he knew. He misread them. Crystal photograph: Beeblaine / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

He was wrong, and it was better
1904

He was wrong, and it was better

Eleven years of work proved them to be silicon carbide. In 1905 George Kunz named the mineral moissanite, after him.

Four stones, four claws
Today

Four stones, four claws

The stones are grown in a lab, never mined. Four round moissanites meet at the center, each held by a pointed claw.

Silver or gold plated
Today

Silver or gold plated

A fine cable chain meets the flower at one claw. Petite or Classic, in 925 sterling silver or gold plated.

Moissanite against diamond

Side by side

Dispersion is how much colour a stone throws. Moissanite throws more than a diamond does.

Two colourless round brilliant stones under one light. The stone on the left throws saturated orange, green and violet fire. The stone on the right stays cool and white.

An illustration of dispersion. The measurements below are the real figures.

MoissaniteDiamond
Fire dispersion
0.104
0.044
2.4 times the colour
Brilliance refractive index
2.69
2.42
Hardness Mohs
9.25
10
Both are harder than sapphire.
Made of
Silicon carbide
Carbon
Origin
Grown
Mined
Nothing dug up
Choose

Choose one, or a pair

Petite or Classic, silver or gold plated. Pick a style for each necklace.

Two sizes of the same four-stone flower. The Petite is small and quiet; the Classic is the larger of the two.

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BoxedArrives ready to give

Questions, or ordering more than two? Email info@mossante.com

What it is made of+
Four lab-grown moissanites, round brilliants of equal size, set as one small four-petal flower: they meet at a shared center and each is held by a pointed claw at its outer edge. 925 sterling silver, or gold plated. A fine cable chain meets the flower at one claw. Two sizes, Petite and Classic. The stones are grown in a lab, never mined.
Shipping+
Ships within 2 to 5 business days, then allow 6 to 10 business days for delivery in the US; international orders can take a little longer. Free and tracked, to the US and worldwide.
Returns+
Thirty days from delivery. Send it back unworn in its box for a refund; return postage is yours. If you keep part of a pair or bundle, what you keep is charged at the single price. Details in the Refund Policy.
At the collarbone

Small on purpose

Still, it is a fine chain and one small flower. Move, and the four stones break into color.

A sunlit terrace above the sea at golden hour, an open white linen shirt, wind in her hair, cropped at the chin.
The terrace
Aperitivo on a rooftop at sunset in a satin slip dress, a glass of spritz held low, cropped at the chin.
Aperitivo
A Mediterranean beach at sunset in a simple silk slip dress, the sea behind, cropped at the chin.
Sunset
A lemon-garden walk in a linen sundress, warm sun and leaf shadows on her skin, cropped at the chin.
Lemon garden
A sunlit morning room with sheer curtains in a white cotton camisole, soft warm light, cropped at the chin.
Morning light
A boat deck in bright sun in an off-shoulder striped top, sea behind, cropped at the chin.
On the boat

Up close, four round stones and four claws. Across the room, one small point of light.

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A close macro in warm sunlight on marble.

Two sizes, the same flower

Four round moissanites meet at the center of one small flower, each held by a pointed claw. The Petite is the smaller, the Classic the larger. Dispersion 0.104: the light breaks into color.

Two open white boxes (black velvet inside) on a sunlit marble table with lemons and leaf shadows.

A pair, one for each of you

Two necklaces, each in its own white box. Two sizes, two finishes, or two the same. Sisters. A mother and a daughter. The friend from school. The two of you.

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The open white box (black velvet inside) and the white bag with red rope handles on a sunlit terrace table, warm shadows.

Arrives boxed, ready to give

A white rigid box lined in black velvet, in a white paper bag with red rope handles. Free tracked shipping, and 30 days to send it back unworn in its box for a refund; return postage is yours.

Questions

Before you choose

Is moissanite just a fake diamond?+
No. It is its own mineral — silicon carbide — first found by Henri Moissan in an Arizona meteorite crater in 1893. It is not an imitation of anything, and it throws more fire than a diamond does: 0.104 against 0.044. These four stones were grown in a lab, never mined.
Petite or Classic: which one?+
The same flower in two sizes, on a fine cable chain. The Petite is the smaller: quiet, easy under a collar, for every day. The Classic is the larger, and its four stones catch the light from further away. The pair can be one of each.
Silver or gold plated: which one?+
Look at what you already wear, or what she does. Warm-toned rings and earrings sit well with gold plated; white ones with silver. Both are 925 sterling silver underneath, with the same four stones. If you cannot decide, the pair can be one of each.
Will the plating wear? How do I care for it?+
The gold plated finish is plated over 925 sterling silver, and plating wears with time; perfume, lotion and pool water hurry it. Sterling silver can darken in air, and a soft cloth brings it back. Put it on last, take it off for pools and the sea, and keep it in its box.
Is it for every day, or for occasions?+
Every day first. One small flower on a fine chain sits inside a shirt collar or above a sweater and stays out of the way. It suits a wedding morning, a birthday or a graduation, and it is small enough to keep wearing on the Tuesday after.
When will it arrive, and what if it is not right?+
Free and tracked, to the US and worldwide. It ships within 2 to 5 business days, then allow 6 to 10 business days for delivery in the US; international orders can take a little longer. Then 30 days to send it back unworn in its box for a refund; return postage is yours.
How do I reach you, or order more than two?+
Email info@mossante.com. A person answers, usually within one working day. Write to the same address for a larger order or a change to your order. If it is a gift, tell us and we will leave the prices off the paperwork.

Anything else? A person answers at info@mossante.com