Found this on Yahoo and Investor Village Stock board. This significantly outweighs the Wilsons fraudulent postings for their financial self interests. Nobody has ever refuted this information, but there has been a lot of attention to coverup.
"MOISSANITE; FACTS, MYTHS AND OUTRIGHT FRAUD"”
How a jewelry nation was duped!”
TOPICS:
1. IT'S NOT MOISSANITE AT ALL, IT'S FACETED SYNTHETIC SILICON CARBIDE. ALSO, KNOWN AS SIMULATED MOISSANITE. MOST GEMOLOGISTS AGREE NOW THAT IT IS A STRETCH CALLING SYNTHETIC SILICON CARBIDE EVEN SYNTHETIC MOISSANITE. NATURAL MOISSANITE IS SO RARE; FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN ANY, MUCH LESS THE ABILITY TO COPY IN THE LAB. ANOTHER MORE PROPER NAME FOR THIS SILICON CARBIDE IS CARBORUNDUM, NOT MOISSANITE.
ALL MOISSANITE IS SILICON CARBIDE, BUT NOT ALL SILICON CARBIDE IS MOISSANITE. THE MINERAL WORD “MOISSANITE” CANNOT BE TRADEMARKED AND HAS NEVER BEEN BY ANYONE.
2. HENRI MOISSAN DID NOT DISCOVER SILICON CARBIDE, NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC. THE DISCOVERY OF SILICON CARBIDE PREDATES HIM BY MANY YEARS. HE WAS CREDITED WITH A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IN THE DIABLO CANYON AND THAT IS ALL. HIS DISCOVERIES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SIMULATED MOISSANITE OR THE SILICON CARBIDE PRODUCED BY CREE.
3. THERE IS NO METEORIC ORIGIN TO TODAY'S SIMULATED MOISSANITE OR FACETED SYNTHETIC LAB CREATED SILICON CARBIDE. NONE WHATSOEVER. SEE #2.
4. C&C'S PATENTS INDICATE RELATIVE HARDNESS OF 8.5-9.0, NOT 9.25 (DOES NOT EXIST ON ANY SCALE, ESPECIALLY THE MOST COMMON, MOHS). ALSO, NO MENTION OF THE TERM MOISSANITE, DESIRE TO PRODUCE SYNTHETIC OR SIMULATED MOISSANITE OR ANY REFERENCE TO SELL MOISSANITE IN PATENTS. THE PATENTS ONLY PROTECT, FACETING SYTHETIC SILCON CARBIDE (A DIODE BYPRODUCT FROM CREE) INTO THE MOST COMMON DIAMOND SHAPES. THEREFORE, SIMULATED MOISSANITE IS NOT THE SECOND HARDEST SUBSTANCE ON EARTH OR USED IN JEWELRY. THE 9.25 NUMBER TOUTED IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL, NON-EXISTENT AND FABRICATED BY CHARLES & COLVARD FOR EXCLUSIVE MARKETING PURPOSES. CHECK THE PATENTS OUT FOR YOURSELF AT WWW.USPTO.GOV Patent #5,723,391 and 5,762,896
5. SIMULATED MOISSANITE IS TRULY "GREEN OR YELLOW" TINTED IN NATURAL SUNLIGHT AND STULLER SAYS IT IS RARELY NEAR COLORLESS. YET, CHARLES & COLVARD CONTINUES TO CLAIM NEAR-COLORLESS.
6. BECAUSE IT IS TINTED C&C IS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT AS A JEWEL IN IT'S OWN RIGHT EVEN THOUGH EVERY RETAILER IN THE WORLD SELLS AS A DIAMOND SUBSTITUTE OR SIMULANT TO THE CONSUMER AND IN WEDDING JEWELRY (A SUBSTITUTE FOR DIAMOND). EVEN THE FOUNDER, JEFF HUNTER, ACKNOWLEDGES IT AS A DIAMOND SUBSTITUTE IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AND IN HIS PATENTS;
IN ARTICLE FROM THE NATIONAL JEWELER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1999
7. IT'S NOT A GEMSTONE BUT A JEWEL (C&C CALLS IT A JEWEL TOO, FTC ISSUE), BECAUSE IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PRECIOUS OR EVEN SEMI-PRECIOUS QUALITIES WHATSOEVER. IT COMES FROM VERY COMMON AND ABUNDANT SILICON MANUFACTURED BY CREE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THEIR “LIGHT EMITTING DIODE” (LED) MANUFACTURING PLANT.
8. IT DOES CHIP AND BREAK WITH HIGH FREQUENCY BY THE CONSUMER WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHEN IT DOES. ONLY THE BIG RETAILER PLACEMENTS GET ANY SUPPORT FOR BREAKAGE. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD DROP IT. SHOPATHOMETV.COM DROPPED THE SELLING OF SIMULATED MOISSANITE JEWELRY.
9. FACETED SILICON CARBIDE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAB CREATED JEWEL USED IN JEWELRY TODAY. WHY? HIGH OVERHEAD TO PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE AND MILLIONS SPENT ON FALSE MARKETING HYPE. FOR THE PRICE PAID, IT IS NOT SUPERIOR TO CUBIC ZIRCONIA.
10. THE GIA (GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA), THE MOST RESPECTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TODAY CALLS SIMULATED MOISSANITE (FACETED SILICON CARBIDE), A “DIAMOND SIMULANT” (ANOTHER TERM IS FAKE DIAMOND).
11. THE PRODUCT SOLD AND DISTRUBITED BY CHARLES & COLVARD, IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "DIODE" BY-PRODUCT MANUFACTURED BY CREE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND FACETED TO LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND (SAME SHAPES & SIMILAR CUTS). CREE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF SILICON CARBIDE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES.
12. THIS IS THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE RESEARCH AND DD YET ON THE TOPIC OF THIS FRAUD.
http://orgs.comm.virginia.edu/mii/website/MII_Literature/Memo/CTHR_CLEFEUVRE.pdf
13. http://www.jewelry-weblog.com/50226711/moissanite_gem_or_gyp.php
This information freely found on the Internet is for informational purposes only. You are free to dispute with factual counter information.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
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