Charles & Colvard
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Charles & Colvard, Ltd., was founded in 1995 and is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CTHR) based in the area of Research Triangle Park
in North Carolina
. It was the first company to produce and sell synthetic moissanite
.
Research Triangle Park
The Research Triangle Park is a research park in the United States. It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina...
in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. It was the first company to produce and sell synthetic moissanite
Moissanite
Moissanite originally referred to a rare mineral discovered by Henri Moissan having a chemical formula SiC and various crystalline polymorphs. Earlier, this material had been synthesized in the laboratory and named silicon carbide .- Background :...
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