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Radek Hanus et al., MOLDAVITE - Mysterious Tears From Heaven, first english edition, hardcover book, released 2016

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Radek Hanus et al., MOLDAVITE - Mysterious Tears From Heaven

First english edition, hardcover book, Released 2016

This book is already sold out in the Czech Republic!

CONTENS:
THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF MOLDAVITE
WHAT ARE TEKTITES?
Division of Tektites
Shapes of Tektites
MOLDAVITE
Origin of Moldavite
Shape and Texture
Internal Tension
Structure and Inclusions
Synthetic and Natural Moldavite
MOLDAVITE DEPOSITS
South Bohemian Deposits
West Bohemian Deposits
Moravian Deposits
LEGAL AND ILLEGAL MOLDAVITE MINING
MOLDAVITE AS A PRECIOUS STONE
Assessing the Quality and Establishing the Price
Esoteric Effects
SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS OF MOLDAVITE
REFERENCES

Text © 2015 Dr. Radek Hanus, Ph.D., and co-authors: Lubomír Mlčoch (chapter Moldavite Deposits), Přemysl Dušek (chapter Assessing the Quality and Price of Moldavite) and 2016 Marie Vítková (chapter Esoteric Effects)

Photo © 2015 Lubomír Mlčoch (367), Zlatica Bursíková (346), Radek Hanus (74), Milan Prchal (36), Vít Kršul (25), Milan & Eva Purkart (31), Jaromír Šilhavý (21), Přemysl Dušek (11), Richard Rotter (11), NASA (3), Miroslav Čada (2), Jaroslav Hyršl (2), Rieskrater-Museum (2), Uměleckoprůmyslové museum Praha (2), Jan Kynický (1), H. Raab (1), Roman Rubcov (1), Robert Vaňo (1) a Granát, d.u.v. Turnov (1)

Chart Origins of Tektites © Aubrey Whymark
Design © 2015 Zlatica Bursíková
Special thanks to Alicyn Beeman & Mike Eggleston

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