Topaz on Albite with MuscoviteDassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan Here we have a classic sherry colored Topaz specimen from Pakistan. This area has long produced some of the finest Topaz specimens in recent memory from the standpoint of color, size, and gemminess. The piece hosts a few terrific, very sharp, textbook crystals of Topaz measuring up to 1. 5 cm with a classic saturated sherry color, but the fact that they are

very lustrous

these specimens showed up in Tucson (2018) and are some of the most colorful and certainly aesthetic Halites you'll see from any locality

as when I put it against a white piece of paper

Specimen # BOL711B141

sharpness and translucency with golden Siderite and sitting on wonderfully contrasting

The piece has a beautiful mixture of the elongated form of the twin itself which plays beautifully against the smooth outer octahedral crystal faces

Some of the finest quality crystals of Sapphire in the world are those from various localities in Sri Lanka

His catalogue number (214) is still glued to the base of the specimen

1 cm on edge

giving it a two-tone appearance

which is rarely seen in my experience with this material

A good small cabinet matrix specimen with what would be considered a large crystal from Sferlun