Topaz

  
Origin: Toca da Onca Mine, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm
 
     
Origin: Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.7 x 2 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Topaz on quartz
Origin: Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.1 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Alabashka, Mursinka, Ural Mountains, Russia
Sample size: 4 cm in height, 3 cm in width
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: Outh Baldface Mountain, North Chatham, New Hampshire, United States
Sample size: 1.3 cm terminated white to clear crystal
 
  
Origin: above Yuno, Shigar Valley, Balistan, Northern Area, Pakistan
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

     
  
Here is a gemmy crystal of topaz with a very, very light bluish color. It has a smoky quartz 1.4 cm long penetrating into its side.
Origin: Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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