Topaz

  
Topaz on albite and tourmaline
Origin: Stak Nala, Gilgit, Pakistan
ex. Irv Brown Collection
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 3 cm
 
        
Origin: Ghundao Hill, Katlang, NWFP, Pakistan
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.25 x 0.6 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Katlang, Pakistan
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Topaz on quartz
Origin: Dassu, Haramosh Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 10.5 x 6 x 5 cm
 
  
Origin: Spruce Grove, Tarryall Mountains, Park County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
 
     
Imperial topaz
Origin: Ouro Prieto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ex. Linck Collection
Sample size: 3.7 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
  
A pair of lustrous topaz crystals (the bigger one is a beautiful silvery pastel blue) are attached to a pair of smoky quartz crystals (notice the phantom in the larger quartz)
Origin: Klein Spitzkopje, Nambib, Namibia
Ex. Isaias Casanova collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
A gemmy clear topaz sticks right up out of a martix of dark green elbaite and quartz with smaller herderites, albite, and muscovites. The herderites are only 0.5 cm long. The quartz crystal is in part doubly terminated.
Origin: Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
Ex. Scott Werschky collection
Sample size: 4.6 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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