Topaz (GEM) with Quartz (48.15 grams) (ex Tom Campbell Collection)

Item Description

A fantastic GEM Topaz specimen from the classic locality at Dassu featuring a razor sharp, well-formed, highly lustrous, GEM quality, soft sherry colored prismatic crystal which is associated with a small white / colorless Quartz crystal at the base of the piece. Nearly damage free, save a small contact on the back and the obivously spot at the bottom where it detached from the pocket wall. Great quality all around, and very showy. It's rare to find WATER CLEAR Topaz crystals of this size like this from Dassu. A great miniature display specimen of this beloved material. Valued at $1200. The Specimen weight is 48.15 grams. From the worldwide collection of Tom Campbell. Tom is a mineralogist and mineral collect who works with us here at The Arkenstone. He has over 35 years of experience in the fields of exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and has even more years under his belt as a collector! Tom has described many new species over the years, and discovered the rare phosphates Tiptopite, Fransoletite and Pahasapaite. Tom was also a co-author on the second edition of the Encylopedia of Minerals. You can see a list of Tom's published works here ( https://www.irocks.com/thomas-j-campbell-publications-list ).