Topaz (GEM quality)

Item Description

This piece is superb thumbnail specimen of WATER CLEAR pale sherry colored Topaz specimen from Dassu. For a few decades, this well-known locality has produced some of the finest Topaz specimens from any locality in the world in terms of color, crystal form, quality size and gemminess. This gorgeous specimen is a very sharp, highly lustrous, very softly colored prismatic crystal of Topaz with essentially 100% TRANSPARENCY throughout The superbly well-formed faces are smooth, glistening and undamaged. The termination is filled with many excellent little modifying faces, creating a lovely effect. The piece honestly looks better in person than the video might indicate. You don't see nearly as many of these pieces from Pakistan on the market as compared to several years ago, and a showy little piece like this is certainly desirable from this well-known locale in the high mountains of Pakistan. A fantastic gem crystal display specimen for any collector. Please note that these crystals can fade to colorless when exposed to sunlight, so it should be kept out of the light if possible to help retain its color. Specimen weight = 14.33 grams