MyMoldavite : Natural Moldavite Nesmen Region pairing Parkimer on NNYY designer silver setting

Package includes 

1 x Nesmen Moldavite Raw Speciment Pendant

1 x AGL certificate card

Moldavite is an interesting gemstone with a unique story dating back to 1908. Shards of moldavite were found in the town of Willendorf, Austria with a figurine of a woman later named the Venus of Willendorf. The limestone statue is from the Paleolithic period, which makes it over 27,000 years old. Although humanity has come a long way, the love and fascination with moldavite has not decreased, especially since a paleolithic society felt that moldavite was significant enough to leave pieces of it with a figurine to represent fertility and beauty.

Moldavite is a type of tektite, which is gemstone material created by meteorite impacts on earth. The force of these meteorite impacts instantly melt surrounding soil and rock, creating molten glass. This molten glass is then flung into the air where it cools as it falls to the ground.

Tektites occur in what are known as strewn fields. Strewn fields are the resting places for material ejected from meteorite craters. Moldavite is currently found anywhere from over 150 to 280 miles away from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater in Germany.

Moldavite is not only unique in its origin from other gemstones, but it also differs in color, shape and size among other specimens. When it comes to color, moldavite can range from brown to olive green to brighter bottle green. Moldavite’s colors can also be loosely related to different strewn fields. For instance, gemstones from the Czech Republic that are more bottle green and transparent are typically from the southern Bohemian sites. Olive green to brown moldavite is typically from southern Moravia, near Brno. Southern Moravian moldavite is not only more brown in color on average, but it's normally much larger in size than Bohemian moldavite.