Pink Moissanite

Pink Moissanite is a Homeworld Gem last seen on Earth. She disappeared near the end of the Rebellion, and her current status is unknown.

## Appearance

Pink Moissanite bears an uncanny resemblance to the Diamond who made her, down to her Gem cut. She is just under a head shorter than Pink Diamond (not including her hair). She has a slender build and a heart-shaped face, with visible eyelashes, hot pink lipstick, an upturned nose, and long hexagonal pupils. Her hair is deep pink, has a widow's peak, and is styled into five swirled points. Her Gemstone is in the middle of her chest.

Pink Moissanite wears a minidress with a pink top, dark puffy magenta sleeves with a matching skirt, a pink belt with a large bow on the back, white gloves, and dark magenta knee-high boots.

## Personality

At first, Pink Moissanite maintained a calm, amicable demeanor at all times; it was rare to see her without a smile on her face. However, as the Rebellion occurred and escalated, she became morose and stopped smiling altogether. While she still carried out her orders without question, she spent all her free time wandering Earth aimlessly, trying to avoid active battlegrounds and not speaking to anyone, Gem or otherwise. It is unknown what she is like now, assuming she is still alive.

## History

A few hundred years before the colonization of Earth, the Diamond Authority started to create Moissanites, with the intent to replace the older, "lower-quality" Cubic Zirconias. When it was decided that Pink Diamond would receive her first colony, White Diamond herself taught her how to create her own Moissanite assistant. Thus, Pink Moissanite was made, and soon sent to Earth to oversee its colonization on the surface, along with a small entourage consisting mostly of Rubies.

Pink Moissanite loyally carried out her duties, overseeing Earth's colonization on the surface. It was during these early years that the Moissanite noticed something: plant life grew at an alarming rate around her, often causing problems for herself and her entourage. However, she failed to realize that it was **her presence** causing the growth. Instead, she reasoned that Earth plants naturally grew that quickly, and concluded that the whole planet was a biohazard—this, in Pink Moissanite's mind, justified Homeworld's invasion of the planet. After all, how long would it be before these organic parasites would be able to get off Earth and infect other viable planets?

When the Rebellion started, Pink Moissanite had no idea what to do. Her Diamond's perfect colony was starting to fall apart, and not even the Diamond's pro tempore could escape the effects of the war; one of her own Rutiles ran away to join the Crystal Gems. Pink Moissanite did the only thing she could think of, and turned to her Diamond for assistance. Pink Diamond ordered her Moissanite to ignore the war completely, and continue as if it was business as usual. The Moissanite did just this, obeying her Diamond without question even as the Rebellion escalated. One day, she received new orders that were not from Pink Diamond, but from Yellow Diamond. She was to organize the creation of two new Kindergartens—one on Earth, the other on Mars—that would specialize in mass-producing Quartz soldiers to fight against the rebels. Though Pink Moissanite wondered why she wasn't receiving these orders from ***Pink*** Diamond, she didn't dare ask, and just carried out the orders.

The war continued to escalate, and Pink Moissanite started to experience strong feelings of doubt. Her demeanor changed, going from warm and friendly to solemn and distant. Her only solace came when she started to see the "parasitic" plant life of Earth wilting around her. Still unaware of her own power, she believed the plants were dying as a result of the planet's ongoing colonization (even though it had already been put on hold). She started wandering Earth alone, ordering her entourage to simply meet her at various locations. Just days before the "shattering" of Pink Diamond, she went on one such trip. However, this time, the Moissanite never arrived at the rendezvous point; most concluded that she deserted, either fleeing to Mars or becoming a cave rock. The Diamond Authority was outraged by this apparent betrayal but hid it with a cover story, claiming she was shattered by a Crystal Gem, due to her elite status. Pink Moissanite, like Pink Diamond, became mostly forgotten after the war, to the point most Era 2 Gems don't even know there **was** a Pink Moissanite, even if they know of Pink Diamond.

## Abilities

As an Era 1 Gem, it can be assumed that Pink Moissanite has standard Gem abilities.

### Unique Abilities

* **Unconscious Phytokinesis:** Not unlike her Diamond, Pink Moissanite can manipulate plant life; however, she lacks control over this ability. Instead, the nature and extent of her phytokinesis is governed by her mood. When she is happy, plant life will grow and blossom rapidly around her. Conversely, unhappiness will cause plant life to wilt and die when she is near. Despite seeing the efffects herself, she never realized she has phytokinesis, and thus has not made any effort to control it.
* **Speed of Descent Regulation:** Like her Diamond, Pink Moissanite can alter the effect gravity has on her body, allowing her to control how high she can jump and how quickly, or slowly, she falls. She used this ability repeatedly while traversing Earth's surface.
* *(hypothetical)* **Sonic Scream:** Pink Moissanite, much like her Diamond, has a powerful scream that can cause damage to nearby objects and Gems. However, she has never screamed, thus never demonstrating this ability.

## Relationships

### Pink Diamond

Pink Moissanite was blindly loyal to her Diamond, at least at first, and would obey any orders given to her. However, as the Rebellion continued, she began to silently question her Diamond's judgement, wondering why she was just allowing the war to escalate when she could (at least in Moissanite's mind) easily quash it.

### Pink Zirconia

Pink Moissanite saw Pink Zirconia as an assistant to their Diamond and nothing more. The two barely interacted, especially after the Rebellion began.

### Rutile

Pink Moissanite was horrified by Rutile's betrayal, but afterwards did nothing past reporting it and replacing her. When she was eventually captured and brainwashed by Howlite, Rutile was outright given to the elite by Pink Moissanite herself, out of fear of the ex-rebel defecting once more.

## Trivia

* Pink Moissanite's design draws loose inspiration from GemCrust's alternate universe Pink Diamond.
* Her hair is designed to resemble a lily flower, mirroring Pink Diamond's hibiscus-shaped hairstyle.
	+ In flower language, lilies in general represent marriage, innocence, and nobility.

## Gemology

Gemstone Information

* Moissanite is the mineral form of silicon carbide (SiC). It was named after Henri Moissan, a French chemist who first discovered the mineral in meteor samples.
	+ Moissanite is almost as hard as diamond, at 9.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, making it one of the hardest minerals to exist.
* While moissanite does occur in nature, natural moissanite is so rare (and the crystals so small) that virtually all moissanite on the market has been synthesized.
* Due to its similarities to diamond, moissanite is used as a diamond simulant, or a cheaper alternative to diamond.
	+ Moissanite tends to be one of the more popular diamond simulants, due to being most similar to natural diamond but also substantially less expensive.
	+ Moissanite is so similar to diamond that it is sometimes used as a diamond substitute for experimental and industrial purposes, since actual diamonds tend to have severely inflated prices.
* Metaphysically, moissanite is associated with emotional balance, the "inner child," and a higher state of understanding.
	+ As a pink gemstone, it can be assumed pink moissanite specifically is also associated with the heart chakra, love, and affection.