Topaz with Cleavelandite - superb gem crystal on matrix

Item Description

This is a competition-level small cabinet sized specimen of champagne-colored topaz on matrix, natural and perfect and without repairs, from the famous gem deposits of Pakistan. Let me repeat - NO repairs, NO damage, NO restorations. This is a 360 degree display piece of very fine quality, with beautiful balance and a perfect ratio of crystal size to matrix. Miraculously, it is indeed without repairs or termination damage - which is hard to believe at face value, but is true. That main gem crystal is over two inches (5.5 cm) long and nearly an inch thick (2 cm), TOTALLY transparent so that you can read anything through it as if it were glass. On close look now, it actually is crudely doubly-terminated at the bottom (a little rough only at the very bottom tip, where it grew against matrix, but still is not technically damaged). From a local private collection. This is a significant example in the size class, valued $5000-7500 low to high. If it were repaired or damaged, we would be having a different conversation, but specimens this pristine simply should command more value.