| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Utah > Topaz with Bixbyite and Hematite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 61995 |
| Mineral: | Topaz with Bixbyite and Hematite |
| Locality: | Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah |
| Description: | Pristine 10 mm flawless golden sherry-colored topaz crystal in a shallow cavity in gray rhyolite with black cubic bixbyite crystals to 1 mm and platy hematite to 5 mm. Matrix specimens of topaz from this site are rare because the topaz commonly cleaves. |
| Overall Size: | 9x9x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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