Certified raw moldavite (vltavín) pendant in sterling silver, ~1.5 g
The only place on Earth this stone comes from — but the tourist strip is drowning in glass fakes, so the certified-dealer route is the entire point of buying it here.
Price: 2400 CZK (Typical certified-dealer price for a ~1.5 g raw South Bohemian moldavite set in silver with certificate; loose certified stones run roughly $5-10/g for standard grade, far more for Besednice texture)
Where to buy: Museum of Moldavites shop (Český Krumlov), Vltavín dealers in Prague, Granát Turnov stores — anywhere issuing a certificate
Price checked 2026-07-03
- FAKES WARNING: moldavite is the most counterfeited souvenir in Czechia — molded green bottle-glass from abroad floods tourist shops; wet-looking glossy surfaces, identical 'twins' on one tray, and cheap per-gram prices are the tells
- Real vltavín is a 15-million-year-old meteorite-impact glass found only in South Bohemia; matte, lightweight, with fern-like sculpted texture
- Buy only with a certificate of authenticity; if a shop can't name the find site, walk away
- Prices rose sharply after the 2020-21 social-media craze and never came back down — 'too good to be true' is exactly that