Moissanite or silicon carbide (SiC) is a rare mineral that can be found in meteorites and in terrestrial samples. It belongs to the carbon group and because of its similarity to diamonds it's used as a replacement for diamonds in fashion and in science applications. Background Moissanite was discovered by Dr. Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan, a French chemist best known for his Nobel Prize winning procedure on the isolation of fluorine in 1886. He discovered moissanite while examining rock sa… (More on Moissanite)