TOPAZ – PERFECT CLEAVAGE. Mint condition. One of my favorite books from the monograph series from Lithographie, Inc. Some 100 pages with 16 chapters written by experts around the world. Chapters on mineralogy, geology, color, cat’s eye, and famous locations in Colorado, Utah, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Mongolia. My favorite chapter is written by Dave Bunk on Colorado Topaz.

Peach colored, translucent TOPAZ crystal. The terminated end is vitreous but all of the sides are adamantine. There is conchoidal fracturing on one side and the bottom. Topaz is the birthstone for November. This piece is from the collection of Roger Maynard. Roger is a friend and was a long-time geologist with the US Geological Survey in New Mexico.

Peach colored TOPAZ crystal. The terminated end is rough but all of the sides are transparent. The white mineral is Albite (Feldspar). The Topaz can be cut into a gemstone. Topaz is the birthstone for November. This piece is from the collection of Roger Maynard. Roger is a friend and was a long-time geologist with the US Geological Survey in New Mexico.