Topaz

  
Topaz with smoky quartz on albite
Origin: Dassu, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 8 x 7 x 6.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Shigar, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 1.9 x 1.5 x .1 cm
 
  
Origin: Shigar, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 2.7 x 2 x 1.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Pulji, above Dassu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Sample size: 9.5 x 8.5 x 4.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
 
  
Topaz on quartz
Origin: Haramosh, Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size: 20 x 16 x 24 mm
 
Origin: Backwater Creek, Torrington, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 13 x 8 x 15 mm
 
  
Origin: Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)
ex Scott Werschky collection
Sample size: 24 x 24 x 22 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Topaz and quartz
Origin: Schneckenstein, Vogtland, Germany
Ex - Rolf Wein Collection
Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
 
This specimen has a stunning gem crystal of topaz that is 3.8 cm in length. There are three other topaz crystals plus a crystal of muscovite set on matrix of crystalline quartz.
Origin: Pantaw, Near Mogok, Burma
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 4.8 cm
 
  
Topaz with herderite
Origin: Yuno, Baltistan, Pakistan, Asia
Sample size: 5.5 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
 
  
Topaz on hyalite opal
Origin: Tepetates, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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