Drop (teardrop) – Shapes of Moldavites
Droplet-shaped moldavites, sometimes also called teardrops, belong to the most popular shapes.
Hedgehog from Besednice
Around village Besednice there are a few locations with moldavites. Czech name of the best known deposit is Ježkovna.
Do moldavites have a volcanic origin?
According some theories moldavites are of volcanic origin.
A visit to deposit Kroclov – Vrabce
On Saturday I had a little time and it was hard to stay at home on such a beautiful sunny afternoon. I decided to look around a moldavite locality near Vrabce (Czech – Vrábče) at the village of Kroclov.
The smallest moldavites
The smallest moldavites are natural fragments usually of the size of about 2mm and of weight of several hudreths of a gram. They are approximately 5000 times lighter than the biggest moldavites.
1,000 moldavites?
I had a box full of moldavites. It was a mixture of small, damaged, and even ruined ones. The time came to sort them out.
Abrasion – a damage of the surface of a moldavite
What is abrasion Mechanic abrasion of moldavites is basicaly a scraping of the surface during which the original surface is lost. In other words the surface is ground off. What does abrasion look like?
Gloss of moldavites
Gloss of the surface is another feature which is not uniform when it comes to moldavites. We not only recognize several shades of colour but also various degrees of gloss. On the surface, gloss usually varies but inside it is uniform.
Ideal time for moldavites hunting
Autmn came. It has become and it has started raining much more often. The sun shines only from time to time. For most people this is not the most popular season, apart from moldavites “hunters”…
