Moldavite & Libyan Desert Glass (Both Tektites) Sterling Silver Pendant, from Czech Republic (REF:MOLDSP10)

Moldavite was created over 14.8 million years ago when a huge meteorite struck what is now the the town of Nordlingen in Germany, forming what is known as the Reis Crater. The town is situated in the crater area which originally had a diameter of up to 24 kilometres. The crater rim has suffered much erosion in the intervening period but is still between 100 to 150 metres high in places. The Reis crater is known by scientists as a rampart crater, a type which is only found on Mars, making it a very unique occurrence. These craters exhibit a fluidised ejecta after the impact of the crater…….this is what travelled through the air for between 300 and 600km into the Czech Republic to form Moldavite.

As our scientific understanding of meteorite impacts has increased, computer modelling has been used to estimate the size of the meteorite which struck the earth. This has led to a modern belief that the meteorite which created Moldavite was around 1.5 Kilometres across! This would have hit with tremendous force and it is estimated that it would have had the destructive equivalent of 1.8 million Hiroshima bombs. 

The Moldavite originated from a sand rich layer on the surface of the earth which was melted and fluidised before being instantly ejected. Materials like Moldavite which have been created in this way are known as Tektites.

Because Moldavite is so unique much has been written about what it may do for us metaphysically, and opinions vary greatly.

It is often known as "The Starborn Stone of Transformation”, taking us through the transformations we undergo in life, sometimes we experience transformations we know we need and sometimes it can reveal transformations we simply don’t expect.

Moldavite offers a very wide range of properties metaphysically depending on our personal needs. Indeed, Kevin our crystal guy, believes that even if we research Moldavite for years to come we will not be anywhere near discovering all of its potential it has to offer. Whatever Moldavite may do for you, enjoy it!

Scientists and researchers have long considered how Libyan Desert Glass came to be and its origin is still uncertain. Recent research connects its creation to the effects of meteorite impacts such as vaporised quartz and the presence of traces of meteoritic metals. Some geologists have associated the glass with the sort of melting associated with the immense amount of energy associated with the air burst or explosion of meteorites when the are destroyed in the Earths atmosphere…..a bit like the Trinitite created by the exposure of sand to a nuclear explosion. The experiments at Los Alamos in the 1940’s created Trinitite which is still dangerous to handle!

Libyan desert glass has been dated as having been formed about 29 million years ago. Like Obsidian or Flint, it has been knapped to make tools since the Pleistocene period.

This material is almost pure silica and that needs temperatures of in excess of 1,600 degrees centigrade to form, this hotter than that need to form any of the know igneous rocks on Earth. No trace has ever been discovered of what may have caused these extreme temperatures but it is widely accepted that a meteorite impact or an airburst would have been the cause.