Moldavite / Campo del Cielo meteorite Trailer / new - 4.2 g - (1)

Moldavite / Campo del Cielo meteorite pendant / raw / new

Set in 925 sterling silver

Includes leather cord (80 cm)

Dimensions: 31.8 mm x 12.3 mm x 6.5 mm

Total weight: 4.20 g (weighed without leather cord)

New and unworn

Moldavite (Czech: Vltavín) is an olive-green or dull green, glass-like substance formed by a meteorite impact in southern Germany (the Nördlinger Ries), which would make it a type of tektite. It was first presented to the scientific community in 1786 as “chrysolite” from Týn nad Vltavou, during a lecture by Professor Josef Mayer of the University of Prague at a meeting of the Bohemian Society of Sciences (Mayer 1788). Zippe (1836) was the first to use the term “Moldavite,” derived from the town of Moldauthein (Czech: Týn nad Vltavou)—now in Bohemia (Czech Republic)—where the first described specimens came from.

Campo del Cielo meteorites are classified as coarse iron octahedrites of type IAB. This meteorite impact occurred 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. The first discovery was documented in 1576 by a Spanish captain named Miravel, although the actual impact was presumably witnessed by indigenous people who originally called the region “Field of Heaven.”


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