moissanite

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• General-American: /ˈmɔi.sə.nait/
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From Moissan + -ite; the mineral form of silicon carbide was named moissanite in honor of chemist Henri Moissan.^([1]) 2.

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 莫桑石 — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
• Chinese Mandarin: 莫桑鑽 /莫桑钻 (mòsāngzuàn) — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
• German: Moissanit — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
• Polish: moissanit — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
• Russian: муассани́т (muassanít) — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
• Spanish: moissanita — Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.