Lot of Electric Bottle Green Tanzanian "Moldavite" Top Faceting Rough from Tanzania. We have always had our reservations on the origin of Tanzanian "Moldavite" and its natural nature. GIA has already documented the Emerald & Bottle Green "Moldavite" as being man made and this enhances that argument. This material was sent to us in a recent shipment we received from Tanzania with a variety of colors in the Moldavite. Most of the material had been "rounded," however, this lot has not been. Most of these stones are practically eye-clean and with a rare bubble internally you should get very clean finished cut stones out of these. We feel this material is better than the rounded material as it allows you to clearly see inside the material to work out inclusions quickly. This is GREAT to practice those new designs on!

We are selling this material as Glass and we are NOT certifying or guaranteeing it as being natural. Since the Moldavite from Tanzania craze we have seen "Natural" Glass pop up from every corner of the globe. Most of it is clearly not natural but it has a strong following! Many sellers sell this material as natural and that is a great injustice to those that don't know all that is to be known about this material. This was sent to us as a sample and we have been informed that we can get this material in whatever color we would like (Makes you think...) and we are looking into the possibility of getting additional material for the future in different colors.

1. We have often heard the argument that this material comes from a far off location in Tanzania where it is unrealistic to conclude that this material is man made. Natives are said to be grinding the rough into these nodules to clear out inclusions. We have even heard of samples out in the market that look like they are natural because they weren't grinded in such fashion. I think it is fairly reasonable to assume that something is being hidden when locals need to grind this rough in order to market it. In addition, our discovery of Blue "Natural" Moldavite in Pakistan that closely resembled the Tanzanian material further cast doubt on the origin of Tanzanian "Moldavite" as being natural. It seems as though molten glass is poured onto natural rock and dirt to give the appearance of it being natural because of the inclusions. We have sent over a sample of the Sky-Blue Moldavite from Pakistan to GIA for analysis and will update you on the results when possible.