Topaz

        

 

        

Topaz with albite and muscovite

Origin:  Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Sample size: 9 x 6.1 x 7.5 cm (top), 7.3 x 6.5 x 4.7 cm (bottom)

 

        

Topaz on quartz

           

Topaz with albite on smoky quartz

Origin: Wah Tu Wah Mine, Gao Li Gongshan, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China

Sample size: 8.1 x 7.9 x 6.5 cm (top), 7.6 x 7.5 x 7.3 cm (bottom)

 

        

Naturally etched topaz with lepidolite on the edges and jagged etch faces

Origin: Virgem de Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 9.6 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm

 

        

Naturally etched topaz

        

Origin: Xanda Mine, Virgem de Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 7.7 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm (top), 12 x 11 x 10 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany

Ex. Sir Robert Ferguson, Esquire (1767-1840) collection

Sample size: 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm

 

     

Topaz with inclusions

  

 

        

Topaz with quartz

Origin: Wah Tu Wah Mine, Gao Li Gongshan, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China

Sample size: 7.2 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm (top), 6.9 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm (2nd row), 8.8 x 7.1 x 5.5 cm (bottom)

 

     

Topaz with hematite inclusions

Origin: Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Edward E. David collection

Sample size: 4.6 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm

 

     

Topaz with screw dislocation

     

Origin: Dassu, Haramosh Mountains, north of the Skardu Road, Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Sample size: 4.8 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm (top), 6.2 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm (bottom)

 

  

Topaz with schorl inclusions

Origin: Ouro Prieto Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.3 x 1.0 cm

 

  

Origin: Sekidogawa River, near Hirukawa, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm

 

  

 

  

Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Origin: Alabaschka, Ural Mountains, Russia

Sample size: 3.1 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm (top), 3.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

 

     

Origin: Pedro Azul Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 16.1 x 13.8 x 3.8 cm

 

  

Topaz with hematite pseudo after garnet

Origin: Maynard Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm

 

        

Topaz on quartz

Origin: Pondaw, Mogok, Burma
Ex. Bill Larson collection

Sample size: 11 x 8 x 6 cm

 

  

 

        

 

     

 

  

 

        

 

  

Origin: Maynard Claims, near Bixby, Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Charlie Key collection

Sample size: 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (top), 3.7 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 3.8 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm (3rd row), 3.6 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (4th row), 3.7 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm (5th row), 4.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (bottom)

 

        

Origin: Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.

Ex. Edward E. David and John Holfert collections

Sample size: 4.7 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm

 

        

Origin: San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Ex. Dick Jones collection

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

 

        

Topaz with muscovite and cleavelandite

Origin: Katlang Mine, Mardan District, Pakistan

Sample size: 13.3 x 9.9 x 8.1 cm

 

     

Origin: Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia

Sample size: 2.4 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm

 

     

Origin: Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 8.5 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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An incomplete sherry-colored, striated topaz crystal 2 x 2 x 2 cm in size set on an off-white albite matrix. The topaz crystal does not appear to be damaged, although the backside has no crystal faces. This piece sits nicely on a silvery pseudo-hexagonal crystal of platy muscovite.

Origin: Papachacra, Belen Dept., Catamarca, Argentina

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm

 

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