Real VS Fake Moldavite and How to Tell the Difference

Did you know that thousands of people get scammed by fake moldavite every year? Awful! This video shows you everything you need to know to spot the fakes. Let's work together and get the scams off the market. The gem and mineral market should be a more ethical place, and we have to speak up to make that change happen.

This video is for educational purposes, and the photos from actual listings fall under fair use.

*Edit* Moldavite from some regions can be colors other than green. Moravia moldavite can be brown, but I hadn't encountered any of those in over 10 years of being in the gem trade. They may be rare on the current market but they do exist.

References (check these out for more good info!):

Gemdat - Moldavite:
https://www.gemdat.org/gem-10860.html

Inner Vision Crystals - How to spot fake moldavite:
https://www.innervisioncrystals.net/p...

Meteorite Times - Pseudotektites article:
https://www.meteorite-times.com/pseud...

Mindat - Moldavite:
https://www.mindat.org/min-10860.html

Modeling the Ries-Steinheim impact event and the formation of the moldavite strewn field:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Nordlinger Ries impact crater:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6....

Sellers of real moldavite:
Starborn Creations: https://starborn.com/
AZMeteorites: https://www.ebay.com/sch/azmeteorites...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Real Moldavite
03:33 Other Tektites
04:17 Pseudo-tektites
04:55 Fake Moldavites
05:32 Fake Moldavites - eBay
20:39 Fake Moldavites - Etsy
41:15 Wrap-up / Outro

Creative commons attribution content I used:
Czech Republic map - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Nordlinger ries crater location / map of Germany - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...