Moldavite (Chlum nad Malší, České Budějovice District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic) - 2310M-CR6
Weight: 2.38g
Moldavite is a tektite - that means it is a glass formed as a result of a meteorite crash. Contrary to popular belief, moldavite is NOT from space. What happens is when a meteorite crashes on earth, it is superheated because of frictional heat produced from forcing its way through our atmosphere. When it hits earth, the sand in the earth gets superheated too, melting instantly. As the globules of melted sand is flung away, it gets cooled instantly, turning into solid glass.
In other words, Moldavite (and any other tektite), is a type of glass.
In recent years, the cost of Moldavite has skyrocketed because the Czech government has limited the amount of moldavite which can be harvested from the impact site, and has limited the number of licensed miners allowed to harvest in the impact site. This is done for ecological purposes, because any form of mining is devastating to the environment. As such, prices have gone up, as have the number of fakes.
*How to tell if your Moldavite is real?*
1) Colour: if it is a bright green, red, blue, yellow or literally any other colour, it's fake.
2) Look at the texture: if the texture is quite uniform, it is fake. This is a product of nature and uniformity just doesn't happen.
3) If you look inside it with a microscope, you should find bubbles and tiny dots of inclusions. Even faceted pieces will have bubbles.
4) If you really zoom in on it with a microscope, even where there are pits and dents, there should be convex botroyidal bubbles. Not convex.
Weight: 2.38g
Moldavite is a tektite - that means it is a glass formed as a result of a meteorite crash. Contrary to popular belief, moldavite is NOT from space. What happens is when a meteorite crashes on earth, it is superheated because of frictional heat produced from forcing its way through our atmosphere. When it hits earth, the sand in the earth gets superheated too, melting instantly. As the globules of melted sand is flung away, it gets cooled instantly, turning into solid glass.
In other words, Moldavite (and any other tektite), is a type of glass.
In recent years, the cost of Moldavite has skyrocketed because the Czech government has limited the amount of moldavite which can be harvested from the impact site, and has limited the number of licensed miners allowed to harvest in the impact site. This is done for ecological purposes, because any form of mining is devastating to the environment. As such, prices have gone up, as have the number of fakes.
*How to tell if your Moldavite is real?*
1) Colour: if it is a bright green, red, blue, yellow or literally any other colour, it's fake.
2) Look at the texture: if the texture is quite uniform, it is fake. This is a product of nature and uniformity just doesn't happen.
3) If you look inside it with a microscope, you should find bubbles and tiny dots of inclusions. Even faceted pieces will have bubbles.
4) If you really zoom in on it with a microscope, even where there are pits and dents, there should be convex botroyidal bubbles. Not convex.
Weight: 2.38g
Moldavite is a tektite - that means it is a glass formed as a result of a meteorite crash. Contrary to popular belief, moldavite is NOT from space. What happens is when a meteorite crashes on earth, it is superheated because of frictional heat produced from forcing its way through our atmosphere. When it hits earth, the sand in the earth gets superheated too, melting instantly. As the globules of melted sand is flung away, it gets cooled instantly, turning into solid glass.
In other words, Moldavite (and any other tektite), is a type of glass.
In recent years, the cost of Moldavite has skyrocketed because the Czech government has limited the amount of moldavite which can be harvested from the impact site, and has limited the number of licensed miners allowed to harvest in the impact site. This is done for ecological purposes, because any form of mining is devastating to the environment. As such, prices have gone up, as have the number of fakes.
*How to tell if your Moldavite is real?*
1) Colour: if it is a bright green, red, blue, yellow or literally any other colour, it's fake.
2) Look at the texture: if the texture is quite uniform, it is fake. This is a product of nature and uniformity just doesn't happen.
3) If you look inside it with a microscope, you should find bubbles and tiny dots of inclusions. Even faceted pieces will have bubbles.
4) If you really zoom in on it with a microscope, even where there are pits and dents, there should be convex botroyidal bubbles. Not convex.
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These are real and natural products, and so might have some flaws or imperfections. We have done our best to pick the best pieces available, but nature is often imperfectly perfect. Therefore, please only make the purchase if you are alright with this.
