Topaz from Namibia, Erongo Region, Erongo Mountains - image 1

Topaz from Namibia, Erongo Region, Erongo Mountains

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Tony H Gill
United Kingdom, United Kingdom
0 for sale·Member since 2025

Product details

SpeciesTopaz, Quartz, Cleavelandite, Albite, Smoky quartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.0 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
Added on06/29/2026
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Erongo Mountains

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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 Erongo Mountains, Namibia
The Erongo Mountains produce one of the more distinctive African topaz styles: pale blue, pale green, or colorless crystals from miarolitic cavities in a granite-dominated volcanic complex, often accompanied by schorl, feldspar, smoky quartz, fluorite, aquamarine, muscovite, or goethite. Unlike the more familiar Namibian topaz from the Spitzkoppe area, Erongo topaz is valued less as loose gem rough and more as a specimen mineral—etched, glassy, sharply terminated, and best of all still attached to its original pocket matrix.