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Topaz, etc.

Papachacra, El Portezuelo Granite, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina

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Registered member since 8th Apr 2007

Tony H. Gill has uploaded:
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I am a Manager within a Biopharmaceutical facility but minerals - particularly topaz crystals are my passion.

I was brought up in South Africa and moved to the UK in around 1990. I have been collecting since I was 5 after finding a weird shaped piece of glass that proved to be a rock crystal. I lost interest in later years after moving to the UK but this was re-kindled when I found the wealth the internet has to offer.

I have started to focus on obtaining gem crystals on matrix and have a particular obsession with topaz......with the aim of developing a World Class topaz collection...maybe one day hey!

I hope you enjoy my slowly expanding Mindat gallery and if you have any great topaz specimens you are willing to part with, please, please let me know!!

Many Thanks!

Tony H.'s Favourites

This page lists Tony H.'s favourite minerals, localities, mindat.org members and photos. All lists in alphabetical order.

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Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
	Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine A nice, 10.0 x 5.0 x 3.5cm etched sherry topaz crystal from Ukraine. The crystal is optically clear. Tony H Gill collection and photo. #T83
	Photo ID: 494620 View Count: 85
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Albite : NaAlSi₃O₈, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO₂
	Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo Village, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia A well formed, transparent, pale blue, 2.5 cm topaz crystal perched on top of a ball of white cleavelandite. On one side is a 5 cm double-terminated smoky quartz crystal. Most likely from the Mokrusha pegmatite.
© 2007 Jesse Fisher	Photo ID: 131711 View Count: 663
Chinese Topaz plate
	This was on the cover of Mineralogical Record for Jan/Feb of 2007. We were not even aware it had been chosen, so what a delight to see it on there! We purchased this from Rob Lavinsky. Photo by Jeff Scovil.
	Photo ID: 129528 View Count: 533
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Quartz : SiO₂, Schorl : Na(Fe²⁺₃)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH), Albite : NaAlSi₃O₈
	Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan 10.2 x 10.2 x 6.5 cm. An INCREDIBLY FINE combination CABINET piece from Pakistan. A large, 5.6 x 4.0 cm, gemmy and lustrous, light-champagne-colored topaz crystal sits at a divergent angle to a 13.5 cm, water-clear, lightly frosted quartz crystal. The topaz has a wonderful, complex termination. The large crystals are beautifully accented by two, ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 121657 View Count: 329
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Quartz : SiO₂, Albite : NaAlSi₃O₈
	Skardu, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan 5.3 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm. As you can see, this is an absolutely TEXTBOOK crystal of topaz, pristine, with perfect symmetry. It is 1.5 cm in height, and it is wrapped by the termination of a milky euhedral quartz crystal. There is some bladed accenting albite as well.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 120176 View Count: 364
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Albite : NaAlSi₃O₈
	Little Three Mine (Little 3 mine), Ramona, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA A very aesthetically arranged matrix topaz. The specimen shows a gemmy transparent very pale blue terminated topaz crystal measuring 3.6 x 2.9 x 3.8 cm, this set nicely on a colorless bladed crystallized albite matrix, with a smaller topaz crystal. Measures 8 x 6.4 x 6.6 cm in size overall. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 20(2),pp:101-127.
© Dan Weinrich	Photo ID: 117679 View Count: 467
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : NaAlSi₃O₈, Muscovite : KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
	Pakistan A gemmy Topaz, with just a hint of pinkish brown colour, measuring almost 3cm tall, stands proud of a matrix of lustrous snow white finely bladed Cleavelandite, and pearlescent honey coloured booklets of Muscovite to 28mm length. An attractive specimen that displays well. Pellman #933 Size: 70mm x 72mm x 50mm Collection: ex. Pellman ...
© Kristalle and Crys	Photo ID: 111783 View Count: 488
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
	Urals Region, Russia Crystals are about 1.5 cm long. Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimens 131135 A and B. Photo by P. Cristofono.
© 2007 Peter Cristofono	Photo ID: 95563 View Count: 548
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂, Albite : NaAlSi₃O₈, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO₂, Muscovite : KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
	Nujiang Valley (Gaoligong Mts; Gaoligong Shan), Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China The crystal is very rich of faces, neat, transparent and bright, on an esthetic matrix with Muscovite, slightly smoky Quartz and rosettes of laminar crystals of Albite. From a Chinese locality recently discovered. Gaoligingshan, Yunnan, China. Found in 2006 Specimen size: 5.3 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm Main crystal size: 1.8 x 1.2 cm Albite ...
© fabreminerals.com	Photo ID: 81437 View Count: 519
Topaz : Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
	Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan Very beautiful crystal (0,7 cm) on gangue showing a pretty pink color - Photograph : Yvan LEMEUR
© YCL	Photo ID: 79422 View Count: 567

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