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Topaz, Muscovite

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Topaz with muscovite, 11 cm, from Mursinka, Ural Mountains, Russia. Ex Clarence Bement (1901), pictured in Bancroft’s The World’s Finest Minerals and Crystals (1973). Rick Sheridan photo, AMNH Photo Studio.

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SpeciesTopaz, Muscovite
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityRussia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Murzinka Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 20
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Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Clarence S. BementNot disclosed

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Topaz
Mineral guide
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hard, glassy orthorhombic crystals from pegmatites and rhyolites; colors range from colorless to pink; sharp terminations aid identification, localitie…
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Topaz from Murzinka Mine, Russia
from Murzinka Mine, Russia - pale blue to colorless, sharp orthorhombic crystals in pegmatite; prized for natural color, old provenance, and Urals charm.
Locality guide
Murzinka Mine
Murzinka Mine, Russia — historic pegmatite locality famed for pale blue topaz, aquamarine beryl, smoky quartz, and cleavelandite; highly prized by collectors.