MOLDAVITE Glass Beautiful Faceted Ring - Size 5.75

Description: On Offer: Faceted Moldavite Glass set in Sterling Silver RingRing Size: 5.75 Dimensions of the faceted Moldavite center piece: approximately 7.8mm x 5.9mm Type: TektiteOrigin: Czechoslovakia RepublicOfficial name: Moldavite What you get: Faceted Moldavite Impact Glass set in a Sterling Silver ring as shown, Membrane Storage/Display Box, and Certificate of AuthenticityI offer a 100% no questions asked 30 day return policy. MoldaviteFrom Wikipedia: MoldaviteMoldavite from Besednice, Bohemia, Czech RepublicGeneralCategoryGlassFormula(repeating unit)SiO2(+Al2O3)Crystal systemAmorphousIdentificationColorMossy greenMohs scalehardness5.5LusterVitreousDiaphaneityOpaque, translucent, transparentSpecific gravity2.32 to 2.38Optical propertiesIsotropicRefractive index1.48 to 1.54BirefringenceNonePleochroismAbsentDispersionNoneReferences[1] Moldavite (Czech: Vltavín) is an olive-green or dull greenish vitreous substance possibly formed by a meteorite impact in southern Germany (Nördlinger Ries),[2] which would make it one kind of tektite. They were introduced to the scientific public for the first time in 1786 as “chrysolites” from Týn nad Vltavou in a lecture by professor Josef Mayer of Prague University, read at a meeting of the Bohemian Scientific Society (Mayer 1788). Zippe (1836) first used the term “moldavite” derived from the town of Moldauthein (Czech: Týn nad Vltavou) - now in Bohemia (the Czech Republic), from where the first described pieces came.OriginMoldavite's bottle-green glass colour led to its being commonly called Bouteillen-stein, and at one time it was regarded as an artificial product, but this view is opposed to the fact that no remains of glassworks are found in the neighbourhood of its occurrence; moreover, pieces of the substance are widely distributed in Middle to Upper Miocene and younger fluvial

Price: 175 USD

Location: Loveland, Colorado

End Time: 2025-02-11T17:47:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD