Response from: Miachelle

Tammy, I received one response from an Orchid member regarding moissanite, and it seems to be information of a substantive nature. Given the copyrright protection due to open forums, I'm not sure that openly re-posting his information would be appropriate in this situation. I'd be happy to forward his response to you. Contact me at my email address if you would like to read his response. Happy New Year!
Miachelle

Response from: Tammy

Miachelle - Yes, please sent that to me when you get a chance at tammy@creative-weblogging.com - Jack - Actually, I had a lot more informtion in this original post, but some how it got cut off after the last two pictues I included. I was thinking of writing a third, just to at least include the information that got sucked up into cyberspace. However, now that I see the Barbers are still trashing me, honetly, I'm kind of sick of the whole topic. Get over it already, which is what I plan to do. I don't care that they lost or did not lose money investing in a questionable product, but I don't feel that's reason enough to publically attack me.

Response from: Janet

There is a big difference between an attack and criticism. Perhaps if you did better research and support your arguments with facts you would not have opened yourself to such a critique. http://wbmoissanite.blogspot.com

Response from: Barbara

Ms. Powley you knew about Moissanite and you misrepresented your lack of knowledge to your readers. Below is your byline about Sarah Ferguson Moissanite line that you wrote about in January of 2006. Sarah Ferguson Turns Jewelry Designer
Filed in archive Celebrity Jewelry by tammy on January 25, 2006

Response from: Chris

I guess a sucker is born every minute. Diamond Nexus Labs peddles nothing more than cheap, $5 CZ stones. They go to great lengths to present their stones as 'synthetic diamonds' or 'man-made diamonds' but then their website says absolutely nothing about the actual composition of their stones. If you call and press them enough, they will admit that they are in fact cubic zirconia. Here are a few links to forums where people discuss their displeasure with this deceptive company: http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=2000285033&tstart=0&mo
d=1168750751963
http://www.yourgemologist.com/ISGForumsBoard/archive/index.php?t-1812.
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http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/arcmessageview.php?start=20&catid=24&t
hreadid=603199
For all of the trash talking concerning Moissanite, you can purchase a 1 carat Moissanite solitaire on the internet for around $500 and probably sell it on ebay for around $400. If you buy one of these cheap cz rings, you will be lucky to get $50. Lesson to be learned: do your homework before buying diamond simulants.