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Topaz

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Schneckenstein, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

A gemmy and lustrous, 17 mm, pastel-yellow topaz crystal with a complex termination nicely set in a field of quartz needles on quartz-rich matrix from the famous Schneckenstein cliff of Saxony, Germany. Some smaller topaz crystals are a nice accent.

With nice old label - acquired 1967

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Topaz

Formula: 
Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
8.0
Streak: 
White