Mineral Details

PADRE PARAISO, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL - An other nice specimen of topaz ! this rock hosts almost a dozen crystals, all terminated and up to 3x2 cm ! Great cluster and luster for this showy specimen, great terminations and gemmy crystals ! Overall size is 9x4.3x4 cm.

PADRE PARAISO, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL - A super specimen ! This rock shows more than a dozen terminated topaz crystals, gemmy and up to 4 cm ! Really beautiful ! Overall size is 9x6x4 cm

PADRE PARAISO, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL - Bright cluster of gemmy topazes ! The group is compesed by a half a dozen terminated crystals up to 2.5 cm in size. No damage a part from the contact on the back of 2 crystals. Real nice specimen of 5x5x3.5 cm.

Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan - There are various topaz crystals up to 1.2 cm in size. The color is the classic amber. There are 5 crystals ! Some fluorite included in the matrix. Overall size is 4.5x4x3 cm

Shengus, Rondu, Baltistan, Pakistan - On one of the faces of a large orthoclase there are a number of well shaped and perfectly terminated topaz crystals ! All are waterclear and are up to 1-1.3 cm in size ! I count more than 2 dozen crystals ! 3 faces of the orthoclase are well evident. Overall size is 7x5.4x4 cm

Juab Co., Utah, USA - A super thumbnail ! On a small piece of matrix with several topaz crystals, up to 0.5 cm, there is a super biterminated topaz gem crystal 2.5 cm long ! No damage ! In addition there is a great bright black bixbyite crystal close to it. A very esthetic thumbnail of 2.8x1.5x1.3 cm

Hunza Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan - A nice topaz of 1 cm in size  shows on a face of a large terminated quartz crystal. Overall size is 5x3x2 cm

BARRA DAS SALINAS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL - This specimen is interely composed by tourmaline crystals, all diposed in parallel sprays and up to 8.5 cm in length ! The color of the tourmalines is green, pink and red and show agreat abundance of terminations ! on the other side the specimen has a coverage of cokeite and from it some terminated tourmalines emerge nicely ! one of them is well exposed, peffectly terminated and 2.3 cm long ! overall size of this showy specimen is 8.5x3.5x2.5 cm.

Giglio Island, Toscany, Italy - Among many feldspar crystalsthere is terminated 0.8x0.8 cm schorlite. The crystal is well shape and well visible ! Overall size is 6.5x6.5x3.5 cm.

Minas gerais, Brazil - Very nice multicolor tourmaline ! The torumaline has a deep green color that becomes red/orange at the top of the crystal. The tourmaline has a complex pinacoid termination and is 2x1x0.8 cm in size.