moldavite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moldavite
1895–1900; < German Moldawit, after the Moldau River; see -ite 1
Example Sentences
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There’s a piece of moldavite in it, a piece of smoky quartz, a piece of tourmaline.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022
After TikTok influencers espoused the beauty and purported powers of moldavite, an olive-green tektite, “we would get asked every single day,” said Cheryl Rey, Crystalarium’s curator and manager.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021
The piece of moldavite that I have is the perfect encapsulation of the uniformitarianism-catastrophism compromise.
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2019
The moldavite is unmistakably drop-shaped and slightly arched like a leaping dolphin.
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2019
Certain kinds of topaz, from the Schneckenstein in Saxony, are known as Saxon chrysolite; while moldavite, a substance much like a green obsidian, is sometimes called water chrysolite or pseudo-chrysolite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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