Description
Moldavite raw stone, 0.45g, from the Chlum sand mine in South Bohemia.
On the word rare
Every moldavite listing in the country uses it, usually twice. It is worth being plainer than that.
Moldavite is not scarce in the way a one off mineral specimen is scarce. It is limited by geography. All of it came from one impact, it fell in one place, and there is a finite amount of it in the gravel beds of southern Bohemia. Nothing new is being made. The digging is restricted, the accessible material has been worked over for decades and the yields drop as the pits get deeper.
That is the whole of it. Not mystical, not manufactured urgency, just a fixed quantity of glass in a small area with fewer people allowed to dig it every year. It explains the price and it explains why there is so much fake material about.
How much is moldavite per gram in the UK
Everything in this batch is £36 per gram, flat, whatever the piece weighs. At 0.45g this one comes out at £16.
Most sellers price in bands and the rate climbs as the pieces get heavier, so a larger stone costs more per gram as well as more in total. A flat rate is simpler and it means you can check the arithmetic yourself.
People also ask whether moldavite is worth more than gold. By weight, at this size, no. Fine museum grade material with an unusual form can reach very high figures, but ordinary raw pieces sit well below the gold price per gram. That is a good thing if you want one.
This piece
Reference C1, 0.45g. Undamaged, with no broken or chipped faces, and not cut, tumbled or polished.
The colour is the palest in the batch so far, a light straw green that goes almost translucent where the piece is thin, with silver flashes across the skin. The form is the interesting part. It stands as a slender upright blade that splits into two points at the top with a notch between them, and the whole face is ridged with vertical striations running the length of it.
Care
Moldavite is 5.5 to 6 on the Mohs scale, softer than quartz, and it chips rather than scratches. Store it away from harder stones. A rinse is harmless. Never use an ultrasonic cleaner. Cleanse with sound, breath or moonlight.
Traditional correspondences
Held in older practice as a marker for change already under way. Short sittings, and put it down for a stretch if it feels like too much.
The display base
A piece this size is difficult to show without something to stand it in. This one comes with the clear hexagonal base in the photographs, which holds it upright on a shelf or an altar rather than leaving it to sit flat where the surface cannot be seen. The base is included in the price. The stated weight is the moldavite alone.
What you receive
The moldavite piece shown in the photographs, reference C1, 0.45g, together with the clear hexagonal display base shown in the photographs. Nothing else is included. Wrapped and posted from Shropshire by Royal Mail Tracked.
See the rest of the raw moldavite in stock, or browse the raw and rough specimens.
Mineralogy and locality data for moldavite is held on Mindat.
Correspondences are traditional and are offered as part of a practice, not as a substitute for medical or professional advice.
