Entry № 281
Moldavite
Silica-rich tektite glass
Green fire of a fallen star.
Chakra
Heart · Third Eye · Crown
Element
Fire · Aether
Zodiac
Scorpio · Sagittarius

I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Moldavite is one of the most talked-about stones of accelerated change. Formed in a moment of impact, it is worked with as a catalyst — a stone said to move life along quickly and to open doorways that were already ajar.
- Chakra
- Heart · Third Eye · Crown
- Element
- Fire · Aether
- Zodiac
- Scorpio · Sagittarius
- Keynote
- Green fire of a fallen star.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Moldavite is a natural silica-rich glass — a tektite — formed roughly 15 million years ago when a large meteorite impact in what is now the Nördlinger Ries in Germany hurled molten ejecta across central Europe. It is found only in a limited strewn field across Bohemia and Moravia in the Czech Republic.
- Formula
- Approx. SiO₂ 75–80% + Al₂O₃, K₂O, FeO
- System
- Amorphous (natural glass)
- Hardness
- 5.5 – 6.5 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia)
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- Approx. SiO₂ 75–80% + Al₂O₃, K₂O, FeO
- Crystal System
- Amorphous (natural glass)
- Mohs Hardness
- 5.5 – 6.5 (Mohs)
- Density
- 2.32 – 2.38 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- 1.480 – 1.510
- Provenance
- Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia)
- Color Origin
- Mossy to bottle green from iron and manganese
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
Next in the Atlas
Mookaite
Ochre memory of an ancient inland sea.




