[meteorite-list] Moldavite question

From: minador <minador_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jul 7 01:44:45 2004
Message-ID: <006b01c463e5$4ca10c60$4377480c_at_s0024741812>

Hi list,

I saw a seller selling a Moldavite as a "great channeling crystal". Aren't
Moldavites a type of impactite glass, and thus lacking crystal structure
(amorphous)?

Also, I was checking in an old geology dictionary, and it mentions that
Moldavites are a type of ozocerite (also spelled ozokerite). A mineral
paraffin wax (aka mineral wax, fossil wax, earth wax & native paraffin).
Has anyone heard of ozocerite and know how they are (were) associated with
Moldavites?

Thanks,

Mark Bowling
Vail, AZ, USA
Received on Wed 07 Jul 2004 12:56:11 AM PDT