Topaz

  

 

Topaz with white albite and greenish black elbaite needles

Origin: Gaoli, Gongshan, Yunnan Province, China

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 7.2 cm

 

  

  

 

Origin: Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 7 cm (top/2nd row), 11 x 9 x 22 mm (bottom)

 

  

  

Origin: Chopsin, Mogok, Mandalay division, Myanmar (Burma)

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.5 x 6.8 cm

 

  

Origin: Katlang village, Mardan district, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Sample size: 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

 

  

  

Topaz with quartz and albite

Origin: Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Thuong Xuan district, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Sample size: 25 x 28 x 29 mm

 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  

  

  

Three light sherry-colored topaz crystals scattered on quartz.

Origin: Dassu, Skardu road, Gilgit Pakistan

Ex. Giovanni Signorelli collection

Sample size: 10 x 7 x 5 cm

 

     

  

Topaz on albite matrix

Origin: Baltistan, Pakistan

Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm

 

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