This is a very nice, and highly translucent moldavite tektite gemstone. It has been faceted on the front and back for an amazing looking gemstone ready to be set in a bezel and made into a beautiful piece of jewelry! If you don’t know what moldavite is well then, get ready to be amazed! This is the product of an ancient meteorite impact 15 million years ago, in the middle of what is now the Czech Republic. The earth at the impact site was turned molten by the impact and thrown into the atmosphere, cooling as it fell and solidifying into this beautiful, glassy green tektite. It is highly collectible and more and more rare all the time. It it getting more difficult to find, especially in pieces as clear and high quality as this one.

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