My Moldavite Obsession

Update on the Moldavite situation - July 2010

I’ve just been talking to my friend in the Czech Republic and the Moldavite news is getting much worse. The Moldavite mining areas have dried up and what is available is such rubbish quality my friend refuses to buy it. Also the price from the diggers has gone through the roof because so many people are looking for it. People are even driving to Besednice and other known locations from Germany and Poland to hunt for themselves. The locals are not very happy about this situation at all because these strangers are walking over their land and digging in their fields often at night in an attempt to find their own Moldavite direct from the ground. There has been a bit of aggravation between farmers and Moldavite hunters and I’m sure you can understand why. The locals will no longer give information regarding Moldavite and strangers are definitely not welcome.

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This is a map of the closed mine at Besednice - the mine consists of the 2 white patches on the right of the image.

In the last couple of years the Moldavite miners have gone to ground – excuse the pun. Mining used to be a bit of a national pastime, families would ask a farmer’s permission to look in their fields after ploughing was finished and before the crops went in. It was a happy time with families making a day outing with picnics and plans to visit different places on the way. The ploughing would bring Moldavite rocks to the surface – often the pieces were broken usually quite small but it was still an adventure. If you came home with 4 or 5 precious Moldavite gems you had had a good day out. My friend did this for over 10 years and never found anything even approaching 20 grams so it certainly shows that the bigger pieces are very rare indeed.

For many families Moldavite mining was not just a hobby but also an additional source of income. Although most of it was illegal and carried out in the State forests, there was a friendly rivalry between miners who often worked in the middle of the night and within shouting distance of each other. The custom was to tie and cloth to a nearby tree so that other miners would know that you were still working the hole – and they would stay away. Recently the government has taken a bit of a tough approach to mining – mainly because most of it was illegal and in the public forests. Forests are now patrolled by the police at night. Miner’s homes are now raided by police looking for Moldavite and the moldavite is confiscated. The whole dynamic has changed very quickly, even over the last year.

I consider myself fortunate to have a rather nice collection and I’m very grateful that I started when I did. I am also fortunate to have some Moldavite available for sale.

Moldavite for Me - Sharing My Obsession.

My Moldavite account

I was lucky to have been be coached by Dr Eric Pearl in the practice of Reconnective Healing. Dr Pearl was well known as the chiropractor to the 'Star's' and had a very successful practice in Melrose Place in LA. He had written a book about the healing and had mentioned a particular crystal called Moldavite. Moldavite seemed to have some interesting metaphysical properties.

I'm the sort of person who gets curious about some things and so I decided to see what all the fuss was about Moldavite. I soon discovered it was expensive and pretty hard to get.

After a bit of research, I just had to have some, so I started off by buying a couple of cheap rings. In retrospect the quality was awful - however I got addicted to it. It's taken a few years but now I've amassed a reasonable collection and then I set up the website and people actually email me and ask questions about it.

They say you either have an affinity for it or you don't - I do. I have a friend in the Czech Republic who mines Moldavite and I know the second that my pieces have arrived in the country because I can feel them. It's like a tsunami hits me and I get dizzy and off balance. Yeah I know - I'm weird! It took me many parcels before I realized what was going on. One day dizzy and feeling sick and the next day the Moldavite arrived - you can't get too much passed me!

Many people ask - Is Moldavite Stone or is Moldavite Crystal?  Technically Moldavite is a tektite or natural glass formed when a meteorite fell to earth millions of years ago.  Unlike all other crystals such as rose quartz, amethyst or citrine, Moldavite was not created by mother earth (Gaia) but by the super heated wave travelling in front of the meteor which melted the silica that was present in the ground.   

This is all about 'Sharing my Moldavite crystal obsession with you'.

One of the things I had heard about was that Moldavite is known for its metaphysical properties and healing properties. Moldavite is used during their meditation to help clear the mind and open the pathways. 

When I use Moldavite during a healing session - I'm not too fancy about it. I simply ask the client to hold the Moldavite while we talk, if it's a distance session I place the Moldavite on the table where I imagine their 3rd eye to be and then do the session as if they were there in person. It does make a difference my clients have the most interesting visions while the healing session is performed. Reconnective Healing doesn't need any 'extras' to work, it just does, but because I have an affinity with Moldavite I like to use it.

If you are a crystal person or a healer, I would highly recommend the use of a piece of Moldavite rough (natural Moldavite). The other reason I'd recommend it is because my collection has got way too big and so I have Moldavite crystals for sale. My personal preference is for the natural rough Moldavite gemstone rather than the cut crystal and I rarely have Moldavite jewellery for sale because it's not a personal preference.

 

 When anything becomes valuable there are people out there who are happy to make fakes and sell them - Moldavite is no exception. It took me some time to find a genuine Moldavite miner in the Czech Republic but I did and although I may pay a little more usually it's best to have no doubt and I have complete confidence that what I am getting is the real thing..

If you find Moldavite properties interesting then check out the stuff on this site and read a bit more about the crystal and me. I also have a photo gallery of some of my desirable Moldavite specimens and quite a few pictures of Moldavite mining from my associate.

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