[meteorite-list] African Moldavite
From: mafer_at_domafer.com <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:33 2004 Message-ID: <02c001c29edd$440478e0$6401a8c0_at_vs.shawcable.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02BD_01C29E9A.34D4AAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the answers on the "African Moldavite". I was sure confused = because no book or websource indicated Africa for moldavite except these = sellers. So, I did some more looking and found this to compare: Moldavite-It occurs in black or green, and offers a refractive index of = 1.25-1.59. The hardness is a 5-6, and the specific gravity is 2.5. It = is amorphous in nature, without a crystal structure. Can sometimes be = directly associated with meteorite=20 impact craters. Notable Occurrences include Moldavia region of Eastern = Europe; Thailand and southeast Asia; Australia and Georgia, USA.=20 Olivine-hardness 6.5-7, sp gr 3.27-3.37=20 African Moldavite-This is a Bright Rich Green Colored material. Running = about 99% +/-parcel clean with most pieces Glassy Eye Clean or near to = it. Sizes from 10cts to 40cts+/-. Simply stunning when cut, This = material OUT SELLS TANZANITE 4 to 1, You could say it is Tanzania's no1 = selling Glass,,,, This cuts Beautiful Bright Stones and it comes from a = VERY REMOTE JUNGLE LOCATION AND IS MINED FROM A RIVER. The material is GLASSY EYE CLEAN as the locals who bring it to us have = already trimmed it with a grinder into roundish ball shapes to remove = any rubbish particles. Some of the current material is very large and = contains Bubbles and foldings unlike we have seen before.=20 >From our EXTENSIVE Enquiries, WE BELIEVE IT TO BE GENUINE NATURAL = VOLCANIC GLASS. However we have recieved reports that it may be manmade, = One report said that because it contains chromium it MUST be Man made as = natural glass doesnt contain chromium, We say the majority of gemstones = and minerals in Tanzania contain Chromimum, that is why they have such = great colors!. All we can say is that, there is 'NO INDUSTRY' where this comes from and = only jungle tracks to it's location. It may be possible that it is VERY = Ancient Glass.=20 (note here that there isn't a "real" chemical analysis given but they = can almost quote reports, and this discription is found on two websites = on the web (a briefed version on one website where the website owner = claims it as his #1 ebay seller ) So, its a very misleading name, and may be deliberatly misleading to = supply the metaphysical sector with a stone they desire in ever greater = quantities Thanks again folks, I was pretty sure I was dealing with a name ripoff = but wanted to verify with others. Mark ------=_NextPart_000_02BD_01C29E9A.34D4AAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks for the answers on the "African Moldavite". I = was sure=20 confused because no book or websource indicated Africa for moldavite = except=20 these sellers. So, I did some more looking and found this to=20 compare:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Moldavite-It occurs in black or green, and offers a = refractive=20 index of 1.25-1.59. The hardness is a 5-6, and the specific = gravity is=20 2.5. It is amorphous in nature, without a crystal structure. Can = sometimes=20 be directly associated with meteorite <BR>impact craters. Notable = Occurrences=20 include Moldavia region of Eastern Europe; Thailand and southeast Asia;=20 Australia and Georgia, USA. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Olivine-hardness 6.5-7, sp gr 3.27-3.37 = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>African Moldavite-This is a Bright Rich Green = Colored=20 material. Running about 99% +/-parcel clean with most pieces Glassy Eye = Clean or=20 near to it. Sizes from 10cts to 40cts+/-. Simply stunning when cut, This = material OUT SELLS TANZANITE 4 to 1, You could say it is Tanzania's no1 = selling=20 Glass,,,, This cuts Beautiful Bright Stones and it comes from a VERY = REMOTE=20 JUNGLE LOCATION AND IS MINED FROM A RIVER.<BR>The material is GLASSY EYE = CLEAN=20 as the locals who bring it to us have already trimmed it with a grinder = into=20 roundish ball shapes to remove any rubbish particles. Some of the = current=20 material is very large and contains Bubbles and foldings unlike we have = seen=20 before. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>From our EXTENSIVE Enquiries, WE BELIEVE IT TO BE = GENUINE=20 NATURAL VOLCANIC GLASS. However we have recieved reports that it may be = manmade,=20 One report said that because it contains chromium it MUST be Man made as = natural=20 glass doesnt contain chromium, We say the majority of gemstones and = minerals in=20 Tanzania contain Chromimum, that is why they have such great = colors!.<BR>All we=20 can say is that, there is 'NO INDUSTRY' where this comes from and only = jungle=20 tracks to it's location. It may be possible that it is VERY Ancient = Glass.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>(note here that there isn't a "real" chemical = analysis=20 given but they can almost quote reports, and this discription is found = on two=20 websites on the web (a briefed version on one website where the = website=20 owner claims it as his #1 ebay seller )</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>So, its a very misleading name, and may be = deliberatly=20 misleading to supply the metaphysical sector with a stone they desire in = ever greater quantities</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks again folks, I was pretty sure I was dealing = with a=20 name ripoff but wanted to verify with others.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mark<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_02BD_01C29E9A.34D4AAE0-- Received on Sun 08 Dec 2002 12:14:26 PM PST |
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