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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.

Product details

Species
Topaz, MuscoviteAbout Topaz →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Murzinka MineRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 20

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Clarence BementNot disclosed

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Topaz
Mineral guide
Learn about Topaz
hard, glassy orthorhombic crystals from pegmatites and rhyolites; colors range from colorless to pink; sharp terminations aid identification, localitie…
Topaz
Regional guide
Topaz from Murzinka Mine, Russia
from Murzinka Mine belongs to the old Russian pegmatite tradition: pale blue to colorless crystals, sharply glassy, often displayed on feldspar, albite, or smoky quartz rather than as loose gem rough. The best pieces have an unmistakably 19th-century elegance—cool, transparent topaz rising from pale feldspar or dark smoky quartz, with the restrained color and crisp orthorhombic geometry that made the Urals a classic source long before modern blue topaz treatment flooded the gem market.