[meteorite-list] Fake Moldavites

From: Andreas Gren <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:08:02 +0100
Message-ID: <w03bd5jBKKtgXI.RZmta_at_mo-p07-ob.rzone.de>

Not to forget, the small bubbles in the real Moldavites and the "Schlieren"
in the real Moldavites, like the Schlierenbands in some Ataxites

Bubbles: http://moldavit.de/foto/fsammlung3.htm

Schlieren: http://moldavit.de/foto/fsammlung2.htm

Best regards
Andi


Mike wrote:

They were mostly set in wire as pendants, and when put side by side, you
could clearly
see them as identical, made in a mold. I have found one of the same on ebay,
at a very
high price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Czech-Moldavite-200-5-Carat-Green-Meteorite-Tektite_
W0QQitemZ200179801535QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVie
wItem

You can clearly recognize this one is an artifact (a fake) because the
greenish
color is way too "monotonous" and the grooves too "regular" !!!

Bernd

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