Topaz on Quartz (GEM crystal)Here we have a wonderfully aesthetic and fine quality matrix thumbnail specimen of Topaz on Quartz from Sakangyi in Mogok, Myanmar. Most Topaz crystals that you'll find from any locality around Mogok are loose singles with no matrix. This piece is one of only a select few Topaz crystals that I've had to offer on matrix, and the matrix itself is beautifully crystallized Quartz! If you are familiar with minerals of Myanmar, matrix specimens are not

melted candles in appearance

but it is contacted a little on the back

colorless Quartz crystals

they don’t like the camera

A pair of very well-formed

This piece features a beautiful doubly terminated “bow tie”-shaped spray of pleasing green color Ludlamite with good luster

The crystal is fine quality and even has a few secondary accenting crystals growing off it

A classic association specimen from one of the most well-known mines in Bolivia

though there is one broken crystal of Brookite on the lower right side of the piece

these lilac colored Creedites were one of the few mineral discoveries from the Henderson Mine to actually survive and make their way OUT of the mine

dodecahedral crystals of Demantoid sit atop a thin layer of fibrous off-white color Chrysotile on host rock matrix

and the piece is not only eye-catching