Topaz

Topaz with feldspar

Origin: Dassu, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm

Doubly terminated imperial topaz

Origin: Ouro Prieto, Minas gerias, Brazil

Sample size: 2.7 x 1.4 x 1 cm

Origin: Zapot Mine, Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8 x 8 x 3 cm

Pink topaz

Origin: Kamenka River, Kochkar District, Ural Mountains, Russia

Sample size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm

Origin: St.Anne's Mine, nr. Miami, Zimbabwe

Sample size: 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm

Topaz with fluorite

Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 7 x 7 x 1.7 cm

Origin: Alabaschka, Urals, Russia

Sample size: 2.7 x 2.2 x 2 cm

Topaz on quartz and albite

Origin: Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

Sample size: 5.0 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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