[meteorite-list] Moldavite Update

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 21 04:27:26 2005
Message-ID: <002301c58dce$0eec1720$94598b90_at_mandin4f89ypwu>

G'day Folks,

Some of you will remember the questionable Moldavite auction mentioned
earlier in the week. Well after speaking with mineral dealer today I
discovered that it may be what is being termed as "1st Generation" Moldavite
fakes coming mainly from China. The scary thing is that there is now
apparently a "Gen 2" which are very difficult to pick from the real thing
(although someone with a lot of Moldavite experience may not have so much
trouble.)

And to top it all off, the Gen 2's are now also being faceted into stones
which are virtually impossible to tell from the real thing. Caveat Emptor.

Cheers,

Jeff
Received on Thu 21 Jul 2005 04:23:38 AM PDT