Moldavite Necklace and rough stone

Moldavite is a green tektite. A tektite is an impact glass, created due to the impact of a meteorite with the earth's crust. It is believed that the meteorite that created the Ries Kessel (a massive 15 mile diameter crater), 120 miles away in Germany "splashed," hot material into the atmosphere that cooled as it fell back to Earth. This impact material, landed across a relatively small (10 to 15 square mile) area in the current Czech Republic. This impact event is dated around 15 million years ago. Moldavite miners must dig holes to access this old layer in which the Moldavite is found. Moldavite is typically quite small, with the largest pieces generally available, weighing between 30 to 50 grams (up to 6-7 cm long).

The necklace has intense green color, each bead is hand-faceted and graduates from a .7 cm at the top down to .9 cm at the bottom. There are a total of 108 beads. it weighs 36 grams! The findings are all sterling silver.

The rough piece weighs 8 grams and is a superior example for its size. I pulled it from my reserve that was the best of an entire kilogram I acquired 10 years ago. The color matches the necklace, so its a piece for the collection (or a gift) while the necklace is wearable.