Topaz

Topaz with albite

Origin: Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 6.5 x 7 x 4.3 cm

Topaz on quartz

Origin: Kyauk Sin, near Mogok, Burma

Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm

Origin: Fisher's quarry, Topsham, Maine

Sample size: 35 x 45 x 7 mm

Origin: Tepetates, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Sample size: 13 x 9 x 14 mm (left), 15 x 30 x 13 mm (right)

Origin: Schneckenstein, Vogtland, Germany

Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm

Origin: Omi, Japan

Sample size: 13 x 10 x 25 mm

Origin: Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A.

Sample size: 18 x 18 x 33 mm

Origin: Shigar River Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 33 x 30 x 16 mm

Origin: San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Sample size: 11 x 5 x 15 mm

Origin: Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 5.8 x 2.7 x 10 cm

Topaz on quartz

Origin: Ouro Prêto, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 9 x 4 x 4.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

This specimen of crystalline quartz and albite hosts two lustrous and fully terminated crystals of light imperial topaz.

Origin: Kyauk Sin, near Mogok, Burma, Asia

Sample size: 6.2 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

Origin: Sprunger Claim, Wah Wah Mountians, Utah, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.7 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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