Topaz on Smoky Quartz
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This stunning miniature features a superb, totally gemmy "silver' Topaz that has a lovely complex termination, excellent luster, and is complete all the way around. It is colorless in fact, but the reflections from the surrounding smokies give it a slight tinge of color, hard to define...but I am trying to by calling it "silvery" for this faint tint. If the quality of this 3.2 cm Topaz wasn't enough, it is sitting atop three fairly gemmy Smoky Quartz crystals! Spitzkopje matrix specimens of this exceptional nature are almost unheard of, and almost impossible to acquire. This is really top notch. It is 3-dimensional and complete all around except for a contact on one end of the smoky cluster
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| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2024 | Unknown Owner | Not disclosed |
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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hard, glassy orthorhombic crystals from pegmatites and rhyolites; colors range from colorless to pink; sharp terminations aid identification, localitie…Regional guide
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