[meteorite-list] Moldavite question

minador minador at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 7 00:56:11 EDT 2004


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





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