Mineral Factbook

Minerals A–Z Identify Sources & methods

Moldavite

Mineraloid

Moldavite is green tektite glass. It is not an IMA-recognized mineral species.

Photos

Moldavite specimen photo — Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons

Moldavite specimen photo — AdamStejskal · CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Moldavite specimen photo — Geolina163 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Moldavite specimen photo — Jindřich Draxler · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database (CC0). Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, licensed as credited per image. Historical property data: Dana’s System of Mineralogy 6th ed. (1892) and appendices; Ford (1922). All public domain.