Moldavites - History and Curiosities of Moldavites
Moldavites: History and Current Popularity
In this short article, you'll find out just how far the popularity of moldavites has reached.
Why was a very good book written about moldavite hunters, which I have read and was even adapted into a good film called "Thieves of Green Horses"? It featured the best Czech actors, including the very well-known and popular actor Pavel Liška.
I attended the premiere years ago, along with a subsequent lecture by an expert geologist, right at the Moldavite Museum in Krumlov. Even the author of the novel, Jiří Hájíček, spoke a few words at the premiere for the invited, clearly quite nervous.
The search for moldavites eventually became something like a modern gold rush.
That this treasure hunting was associated with the huge risk of being caught by police is surely known to many of you.
I have often met people on the wooden bridge under the castle, always crowded with lots of tourists, some selling what they painstakingly found and others buying these rare tektites whose prices continue to rise steeply.
The popularity of our "tears of comets" has recently been greatly increased by social networks.
Thus, it was only to be expected that there would also be many offers of counterfeit moldavites. Therefore, the authenticity of every moldavite in our company's jewelry is confirmed by a certificate, and any of our clients can be completely sure that they have invested their money in an entirely original and authentic piece of jewelry; however, many will undoubtedly continue to trade in fake junk.
However, we at Moldavite Moldavite value our customers, and everything important has already been elaborated above.
In the following article, I will answer the question posed in the introduction, as well as what ultimately made moldavites such rare and highly valued gemstones.
I will try to summarize when the significant rise in global popularity occurred and why the South Bohemian green semi-precious stones are so highly valued in the eyes of countless people.