Description
Raw moldavite for sale, 0.60g, from a shop that will tell you where it came from.
Buying moldavite online without getting caught
Ask the same four questions of any seller, including this one.
Where is it from? The answer should name a country at minimum. Moldavite comes from one strewn field. A seller who cannot say is either buying blind or hoping you will not ask.
Is the photograph the actual piece? If a listing offers a weight band and a stock image, you are buying a lottery ticket. It is not dishonest but it is not the same thing.
Can you see the surface? Photographs that are all soft focus and mood lighting are hiding the one feature that separates real material from moulded glass. You want to see pits and grooves at close range.
What does it weigh? Moldavite is priced per gram. A listing that gives a vague size and no weight is not giving you enough to compare on.
Everything in this batch is weighed, referenced, photographed on its own and priced at one flat rate per gram, so all four answers are on the page.
Can you buy moldavite for yourself
Yes. This gets asked a lot, because a story goes round that moldavite has to be gifted or it will not work for you.
It is the same story that attaches to opals, to pearls and to a handful of other stones, and it changes depending on who is telling it. There is no old tradition behind it. Buying a piece for yourself is a decision you made, which is arguably a better start than being handed one by someone who guessed.
This piece
Reference B6, 0.60g, from the Chlum sand mine in South Bohemia. Undamaged, with no broken or chipped faces, and not cut, tumbled or polished.
The colour is a muted grey green, smokier and more olive than the paler pieces in this batch, with a dense silver frosting across the whole surface that sparkles hard in daylight. The form is a broad triangular wedge, wide across the top and narrowing to the foot, thick through and compact rather than bladed.
Care
Glass at 5.5 to 6 on the Mohs scale. It chips rather than scratches, so store it away from quartz and other harder stones. A rinse is harmless. Never use an ultrasonic cleaner. Cleanse with sound, breath or moonlight.
Traditional correspondences
Older practice holds moldavite as a marker for change already under way. Short sittings suit it, and putting a piece down for a while when it feels like a lot is normal.
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 B6, 0.60g, 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.
