Olešnice Moldavite Locality

Olešnice offers a South Bohemian locality record whose specimens may combine moderate sculpture, natural wear and green transmission. The page emphasizes observable evidence and avoids repeating a generic impact history in every section.

Regional Setting

This South Bohemian occurrence lies within the broader zone associated with the České Budějovice and Třeboň basin systems. Moldavite-bearing sediments in the region are discontinuous, and later erosion can expose or remove them.

Depositional Context

As elsewhere in the Czech strewn field, the glass originated during the Ries impact about 14.8 million years ago. Olešnice records where material was later preserved, not where the impact melt formed.

Secondary transport, burial and chemical weathering can each modify the exterior. The resulting combination of abrasion and etching explains why two stones with the same locality record need not look alike.

Forms and Surfaces

Reported examples include irregular drops, flattened pieces, elongated bodies and natural fragments. Shape labels should remain descriptive and should not be presented as proof of origin.

Variation in grooves, pits, gloss and edge wear must be documented stone by stone. A continuous older surface carries more condition information than dramatic relief alone.

Color and Transmission

Backlighting may reveal olive or bottle-green glass even when a thick specimen appears dark in reflected light. Photographs should avoid artificial saturation and show the condition of the whole surface.

Record Quality

Useful Olešnice provenance joins locality information with exact images, measurements, weight and damage notes. When find circumstances are not known, the description should preserve that uncertainty.

Collector Context

Its value within a comparative collection comes from documented individuality rather than an assumed uniform look. A modest, well-recorded specimen can be more informative than a spectacular stone with a vague label.

Care for the Locality

Any search or recovery must respect ownership, cultivation and protected areas. Keeping find data with the specimen supports both conservation and future study.