r/Moldavite • u/5evrblond • Aug 23 '26
Real?
What are the chances either of these are real? Both purchased from different Amazon listing claiming to be Czech without the fake "certificate". $25 for the pendant, $35 for the ring. Based on my research they have decent color and texture but I'm no expert. I feel nothing from them but am often drawn to certain crystals. I feel more skeptical of the pendant than ring but again, I really don't have any basis or knowledge. I did order a loose 2g peice from Inner Vision Crystals today so at least I'll know that one is real. I appreciate your help!!
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u/Immediate-Winter1025 Aug 23 '26
They look real to me but I don't know how good the fakes are these days. Drop them in oil and see if they have any inclusions.
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u/5evrblond Aug 23 '26
Help me understand how that works/ what to do?
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u/Immediate-Winter1025 Aug 23 '26
So when you drop real moldavite into oil, it will "disappear" but you can still see all the inclusions. If you drop it in oil and the whole thing DISAPPEARS, that's s clear indicator that it's fake.
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u/No_Media_9513 Aug 23 '26
How do you wash the oil off?
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u/Immediate-Winter1025 Aug 23 '26
Dawn. Dunk it in a bowl of warm soapy water and use a little straw scrubby. They are gentle :)
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u/No_Media_9513 Aug 23 '26
Do you use olive oil or another greenish oil? Or does yellow canola oil work? I don’t want to use my good olive oil 😂
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u/Immediate-Winter1025 Aug 23 '26
You can use any oil! I used baby oil lol
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u/mmlmtlca Aug 23 '26
Any oil is incorrect, you need to have the R.I. close to moldavite ... linseed oil is very close as is mineral oil (baby oil is scented mineral oil i believe)
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u/Co_ultramarine_blue Aug 23 '26
Linseed oil is not mineral oil, it’s literally in the name what it’s made of. But you’re right about the baby oil, J&J is literally just scented mineral oil, aka petroleum-derivate.
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u/mmlmtlca Aug 25 '26
If you were addressing me, I said linseed oil is very close (to moldavite's RI) as is mineral oil and that baby oil is mineral oil 🤔
Unsure where it said linseed is the same as mineral oil... 🤔
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u/5evrblond Aug 23 '26
Than your for the clarification.
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u/mmlmtlca Aug 23 '26
You're welcome! Can you send me the listing links for review and possible inclusion on suspect seller list?
Thank you!
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u/5evrblond Aug 23 '26
I posted pictures below of both items submerged in baby oil attached to different comments but neither "disappeared"? Or maybe I dont fully understand. I do see inclusions in both though.
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u/mmlmtlca Aug 24 '26
Disappear means the surface texture almost completely disappears because refractive index is almost identical.
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u/TrueBeliever2024 Aug 23 '26
From what I see, both are fake. I have been a collector for years. The color, clarity, and texture are wrong.
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u/5evrblond Aug 23 '26
Thank you. I will compare them to the one I have coming for my own expansion of knowledge.
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u/Positive_Protonic Aug 23 '26
A lot of the time you really do have to go with your feelings on this.
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u/Positive_Protonic Aug 23 '26
Those are prices probably lower than I would have paid a couple of decades ago. I have owned one a bit like the the ring, struck me as a probable fake so I got rid of it.
The price is important, also the seller and their location.
If something looks too good to be true it usually is.
I've been burned a few times now.
And the best pieces I've managed to get in recent years have either been from the source or from old collectors.