Mineral: Topaz
Locality: Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
Dimensions: 5.0 x 6.0 x 6.5 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 4.9 cm Perfectly double terminated, limpid, light champagne-colored crystal, brilliant and rich in facets, flanked by an altered green fluorite crystal with strips of albite--the whole on a base made up of a smaller, almost colorless topaz crystal MIM number 1158 Photographer: Augustin de Valence

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