Description: AUTHENTIC Moldavite from Czech Republic, NOT fake from China!!! Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. This is an authentic, high quality Moldavite individual, which is actually a Tektite of gemstone quality with a beautiful deep green color. It formed by a massive meteorite impact in southern Germany that occurred about 15 million years ago! Moldavite is the only tektite of gemstone quality. While most tektite is black or dark brown, like obsidian, moldavite is a rare green variety. Moldavite is said to be discovered by Dr. Josef Mayer near the Vltava River in the Czech Republic and was referred to as vltavín. However, in German, the river is called Moldau and the area the stone was found is Moldauthein. The gem was named after the German name for the city and became moldavite in English. When Dr. Mayer found this "glass," he believed it was a beryl produced by volcanic activity. Its 12-million-year extraterrestrial origins weren't discovered until centuries later. Moldavite stones were often set in jewelry during the Baroque era (1600s), but it's believed the gemstone was used as far back as the Paleolithic period. One of the more famous moldavite jewelry creations is a raw moldavite stone set in platinum, accented with diamond and black pearl given to Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s by the Swiss government on the tenth anniversary of her coronation. Moldavite is thought to have formed about 15 million years ago in the impact event that produced the Ries and Steinheim craters in southeastern Germany. An incoming asteroid is thought to have broken into two pieces that produced this pair of craters. The impacting bodies approached from the southwest. They hit with a high enough velocity to melt and splatter the target rock across a strewn field that includes portions of what is now the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany. Weight: 13.90 ct (2.78g)
Price: 82 USD
Location: Bellevue, Washington
End Time: 2024-12-10T08:34:13.000Z
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Czechia
