Moldavite - Meteorite gemstone created from natural glass

Moldavite is an attractive and really interesting gemstone, mostly due to its origin.  I love it because I love olive green, or army green, or loden. Whatever you call it, I just love this deep and richly green colored gemstone. The first specimens were found along the Moldau River in Czechoslovakia in 1787.  These gemstones were formed as a result of a meteor strike.

Actually this gemstone is made up of green natural glass and can be found in yellows, browns, or greens. The most favored color of the stone is the olive green shade that usually shows up with tiny trapped gas bubbles inside of it. 

The story is that this gemstone was formed as a result of a meteor that hit the ground about 15 million years ago. Small deposits of it can also be found in Austria and Germany. Moldavite is believed to be the outer surface of meteorites, that fused and melted during entry into our atmosphere. Moldavite has a diagnostic pattern of striae and bubbles (elongated, torpedo-shaped) that are unlike man-made glass.

I happen to love olive green and there are very few gemstones that offer this color....at least few that are fairly affordable. 

Demantoid garnets can also show this color with a diamond like sparkle but, again, the cost is far higher and larger stones are not affordable unless one has an inheritance to rely on. Moldavite is a tektite, and a stone of intense frequency and high vibration.

In ancient times Moldavite was thought to be a mystical stone that could bring good luck and fulfillment of wishes.
Legend says that moldavite was the stone from which the holy grain was carved.  For those of us that (as I've mentioned before) remember lava lamps and black light posters, this stone has a holistic-cool-and-groovy side as well.

Legend has it that wearing this stone provides  an advantage when you are working with spirit... so you can be sure that what you are making contact with is of 'the light'. So for those of you who are mediums, conduct seances or channel the dearly departed, take note. Moldavite is also touted as an aid in meditation. Can you hear the chanting? Can you smell the incense?

All I know is that this gemstone makes lovely jewelry items and I really like it. I'll let you guys know if it helps me get into meditating. Of course I'll need help getting my legs uncrossed and getting up off the floor...

Happy trails, fellow rock hounds...
Pam






References

http://www.mindat.org/min-10860.html

http://www.gemologyonline.com/moldavite.html

http://www.healing-crystals-for-you.com/moldavite.html

http://www.realgems.org/list_of_gemstones/moldavite.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/czech-republic