Moldavite cut into a gemstone
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Today I cut a large moldavite into a yin yang gemstone for a client. If you are curious about a custom piece please visit my website, link below.
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Lovely video, I enjoyed the longer format, as well as the blogging type format. This turned into such a stunning and unique piece! a bit of corrective info for you, I hope you dont mind! im autistic, and crystals (speaking broadly) are one of my special interests. in the intro, a better word would have been Tektite, which describes the type of natural glass formed from meteor impacts. moldavite is always green, and refers specifically to glass Tektites formed from a single, specific meteor impact. the location range covers multiple countries, but its most often found in czech republic and germany. the yellow one from egypt is often called Libyan glass. Similar to Moldavite, it refers to tektites from a specific meteor impact in that region. the different locations lead to different geology, and as such, different mineral compositions. so while they are all tektites, moldavite and libyan glass are distinct types, and there are multiple others which have specific names based on their location, as well. crystals are such amazing things, you do amazing work with them!
I concur with most of what you say with the exception of Tektite. Both are Impactites. They are formed the same way (via Impact) but are found at the impact site unlike Tektites which can be found a great distance from the impact site and often have a round or teardrop shape from being thrown from the impact area. Some tektites are thrown high into the atmosphere where they cool as they fall.
Moldavites and Libyan Desert Glass are both Impactites and like all meteorite-related objects, they are named for the location in which they are found (ie. based on the closest postal code or town).
Moldavite (Green) are found in the Czech Republic. Libyan Desert Glass (Yellowish) are from the Libyan Desert. Darwin Glass (Greyish) are found around Mt. Darwin, Tasmania.
I have specimens of each of the above along with Many More Meteoric Specimens including Tektites, HED's from Vesta (asteroid), and many Meteorites including from Mars and the Moon.
@@SnowTiger45 thank you for the correction! I’m glad I wasn’t too far off, I feel bad that I wasn’t quite accurate in my comment; I’d never had it clarified that there are different terms based on how/where the material cooled post-impact! Most of what I learned about what I now understand are impactites was from a gem shop I worked at a briefly few years back. They’d tried to say moldivite now comes with certificates of authentication (only learned that was wrong last night when I was typing my original comment, and decided to double check) so I’m not shocked the rest of my info wasn’t quite accurate. Thank you for adding to/improving my knowledge!
It looks great Cole. I think had you gone with what we consider to be a more appropriate (deeper) Pavilion, the stone would simply have been too dark and would not have shown off characteristics of the Moldavite. This was a good choice.
It looks really good. Hard to believe that is glass. Funny thing is that King Tuts death mask has the desert glass set in it. Cole does a emerald always seem like it has a oily skin on it? I mean not a lot but just a real super thin coat of oil on it even as you cut it? Thanks man and a really nice stone. To tell you the truth there is no problem with the content or length of your videos. I find them informative and knowledgeable. Your videos have taught me a lot of things about cutting. Thank you
Hey Jim! Glad you liked the video. Sounds like you are getting oiled emeralds. They submerge them in an oil to enhance the colour and remove the visibility of crack and inclusions. Typically you oil a finished emerald, but if you’re purchasing them and they are leaking oil while in the rough/during cutting, I would stop buying from that supplier.
I'd like to buy some Moldavite but I'm fearful of buying fake material.