Extraterrestrial peridot is rare, and most peridot used in fine jewelry is naturally from Earth.
The Esquel meteorite that crashed into Earth is the most notable source of the unearthly variety gemstones.
Opal from Mars
In 1911, a meteorite fell from Mars near a small town in Egypt.
Recently, scientists have determined the presence of fire opals within that meteorite, which has led to the theory that there is water present on Mars. This is because opal is often found near hot springs and is formed by deposits of minerals.
All opals used in jewelry are from Earth, but they have the connection to Mars and the potential of extraterrestrial life.
Black Diamonds
The presence of nitrogen and hydrogen in the gems indicate an extraterrestrial origin and researchers have hypothesized that black diamonds could have been formed from supernovae explosions in space. They may have come to Earth in asteroids and dispersed on Brazil and Central Africa, long before the continents had separated.
It is believed that the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn contain enough pressure to form diamonds, leaving large deposits of the gem on the planets. The lightning storms in their atmospheres turn carbon into graphite, and then into small raw diamonds, which rain down on the planets and sink into the liquid seas.
Moissanite
originally discovered in 1893 by a French scientist named Dr. Moissan while exploring Diablo Canyon
50,000 years earlier, a meteor had crashed into Earth and fragments were scattered across the desert in northern Arizona, containing a sparkling mineral never seen on Earth.
Now, moissanite is frequently used as an alternative to diamond in bridal jewelry.
Natural moissanite is extremely scarce, so scientists have found a way to recreate the gem in a lab.
Moldavite
Moldavite is a natural glass that has a unique formation behind it; theories are that it was formed as a result of the heat from an asteroid impact 15 million years ago, after which the hot glass was sent flying across Europe where it is continually mined today. It is technically a Tektite which is a group of impact glasses formed by meteorite impacts.
Moldavite comes from Europe primarily particularly areas along the Rise and Steinem craters. These two craters are thought to have formed 15 million years ago and crashed across Southeastern Germany, breaking into pieces as they approached and displacing pieces across what is now Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.
Most of the Moldavite solidified in the air before impact and a significant portion of it fell in the southern areas of the Czech Republic.
Tektites
a form of natural glass that was formed via high velocity and extreme heat
the easiest way to satisfy these conditions is through extraterrestrial impact
often quite small, etched, and glossy black, though can be brown, yellow, or green
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Moissanite is a rare mineral of the class of natural carbides of the composition SiC (silicon carbide). Natural moissanite can be found only in negligible amounts in some types of meteorites and in corundum deposits and kimberlites.
So I have a new job working with gem stones, and when I saw a comparison of the light refraction in diamonds vs moissanite, I instantly thought the moissanite looked inherently gayer than the diamond. Moissanite is less expensive than diamonds, however it reflects a wider range of colors.
Diamonds may be "a girl's best friend" but moissanite is her Girlfriend.
(I think, as a femme lesbian, it would be romantic to get/and or give moissanite engagement ring, because while I may look like a straight woman, when I'm in my element, I'm on a different spectrum.)
On the Moh’s Scale of Hardness, which measures a gemstone’s ability to withstand surface scratching, Moissanite measures 9.25, this score makes moissanite one of the hardest substances on the planet.