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**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IMAGE IS ENGLARGED**
**NATURAL GENUINE MOLDAVITE TEKTITE 17.70CTS - GREAT BARGAIN**
ITEMS DESCRIPTION:
SHAPE - OVAL
COLOUR - RADIANT BOTTLE GREEN
WEIGHT - 17.70CT
CLARITY - VS
TREATMENT- UNTREATED
SIZE - 18.31 MM X 15.58 MM X 11.66 MM
ORIGIN - CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HARDNESS - 5.5 MOH'S SCALE
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MOLDAVITE
This beautiful stone is rare, found only in Czechoslovakia, and is named for the area in which it is found, near the Moldau River (called the Vltava in Czech). While scientists differ in theories regarding Moldavite's origin, nearly all agree its formation coincides with the crash of a large meteorite approximately 14.8 million years ago in what is now the Bohemian plateau. The rock metamorphosed by the heat of impact created a strew field of Moldavite in the two, mostly rural, areas of Bohemia and Moravia.The intense pressure and temperatures present during its formation preserve tiny gaseous bubbles in many moldavite gems, thus making each gemstone extremely unique!