Topaz

Imperial topaz
Origin: Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Sample size: ?
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Anthony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Origin: Topaz Mt., Nathrop,  Chaffee Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Chatham, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: High Street Pit, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Tepetate, San Louis Petosi, Mexico
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: East Grants Ridge, Cibola Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

  

Origin: Vermilion Mine, Ouro Prieto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 3.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
 
  
Topaz on albite and tourmaline
Origin: Mimoso do Sul, Espirito Santo, Brazil
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 6 cm
 
  
  
Topaz on amazonite
Origin: Klein Spitzkopje, Swakopmund, Swakopmund District, Namibia
Sample size: 5.2 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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