Authentic Moldavite is getting difficult to find and I recently bought a collection from an old friend who has been collecting for years. This is a somewhat triangular-shaped piece that is oddly marked on one side and striated on the other. It is curved as well and when backlit, is a lovely shade of green moldavite weighing 13.55 grams and measuring 1.3” by 1.15 by 0.15”. The detail is absolutely fascinating and a delight to study using a loupe. Moldavite is a very rare, and becoming even more rare, type of tektite found only in Eastern Europe in the the Czech Republic and absolutely authentic. The chemical composition is very similar to obsidian (volcanic glass) with one significant difference … moldavite contains iridium and the only iridium on earth came from meteors – from space!

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Striated and Gorgeous Green Moldavite