When we think of a beautiful engagement ring we always thing on a solitaire diamond on top of platinum, silver or a white gold ring. Because we always think that diamond is the most precious stone on earth. But with the advancement of technology, there is a new type of lab-created diamonds as well. Now diamond can be costly as well. Moissanite is cheaper compared to that. Now there is some difference between Diamonds Vs Moissanites, they are as follows:

• Diamonds are made of carbon under a lot of pressure but Moissanites are made of silicon carbide. They are compositionally different. But they have the same colour.
  
  
• Measurement for diamonds and moissanite can be different, diamond is measured on the basis of a carat and moissanite is measured on the basis of a millimetre.
  
  
• The price point of both of them can be very weird. Diamonds of 0.05 carat and moissanite of 5mm are almost equal in size but their price is almost 50% different from one another.
  
  
• One of the main difference is diamonds are shinier than moissanite. That is because diamonds have more refractive index than moissanite. Giving both of them the same cut may not lead to the same shine as well.
  
  
• On the scale of hardness, moissanite may be behind diamonds as well. Diamond will get a solid 5/5 for hardness but for moissanite, this may not be the case it can reduce to 4.25/5. This might not feel very much though.
  
  
• Diamond has a refractive index of 2.42 and that of moissanite is 2.65, this makes them stand out.
  
  
• But moissanite looks more real than the lab-grown diamonds sometimes.

So you have read all the differences, you can decide now which one you want or need. Though diamond can be intimidating sometimes but compared to the other facts Moissanites can be a better choice as well. The rest is up to you.