Moldavites from locality Chlečice (in Czech language with diacritics: Chelčice) have usually matt surface and fain sculpture. 28 x 11 x 7mm, 1.24g (6,2ct) 22 x 12 x 4.5mm, 0.76g (3.8ct) Moldavites found in fruit plantation in Chelčice [wpsharely] 34.5 x 18.5 x 10mm 3.4g (17ct) Olive green color Found: 1980 32 x 17…
At night from 9th to 1Oth March there was a massive police raid on illegal prospectors of moldavites. It took place nearby the village of Nesmen in South Bohemia. Recently the police have intensified their supervision over moldavite localities. Several times a special police squad has even been sent and the locals also patrol the…
Moldavites, due to their fragility and complexity of their surface, could be damaged in several possible ways. Not considering the case when a moldavite is dropped and gets chipped off (if you are lucky) or shattered in several pieces (if you are slightly less lucky), moldavites get damaged, most of all, due to bad storage…
Gallery of two quality cut moldavites. Surfaces are perfectly flat as the case may be smooth. You can see small bubbles inside.
Glossy light green small spheres from deposit Parýz. Found in the year 1993. The moldavites weigh 2.8 and 2.9g (14 and 14.5ct). The ball (sphere) shape is full-form type of moldavite shape. Spheres are rare – only about one tenth percent of all moldavites.
Droplet-shaped moldavites, sometimes also called teardrops, belong to the most popular shapes.
Around village Besednice there are a few locations with moldavites. Czech name of the best known deposit is Ježkovna.
According some theories moldavites are of volcanic origin.
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.
