Name TOPAZ
Variety IMPERIAL TOPAZ
Origin Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Hardness 8
Composition Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Crystaline sys. RHOMBIC
Size   12,2 x 11,5 x 6 cm
Weight 1.142 gr




Description:
Topaz was chosen by the geologist Friedrich Mohs to represent grade 8 in his famous scale first published in 1825 and which is still valid today. Without doubt it is one of the great gems and a mineral that stands out in any collection due to the beauty, colour and size, sometimes of gigantic proportions, of its crystals. It is rare to find specimens of imperial topaz in a matrix. This one is even more exceptional, as the quality is good enough to be cut.


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VARIETY IMPERIAL TOPAZ