A stunning , GEMMY, PRISTINE, 5 x 3.75 x 3.4 cm gem topaz crystal shooting straight up form a matrix of intergrown quartz crystals! This is a dramatic and dominating topaz specimen that really stands out in a case. It is more gemmy in person, with minute veils causing it to look more opaque in the photos than in real life. This is among the best of the new topaz finds from China (from the same pocket as the January Min Record cover piece, which I handled in this same lot). These are the best yet from this locality, so far as I know. Compared to what a similar piece from Pakistan might cost these days, it is not any more expensive for the extra value of the interesting locale. In fact, bizarrely, these go for less than their Pakistani brethren might for a large matrix topaz.

This piece is a FLOATER, complete all around, even on the backside!!! It is an amazing specimen for the locality and the species, with thick, unusually robust crystals overcapping a doubly-terminated cluster of quartz, twisted around and coming over the other side of the quartz to show yet more crysatllization. The lustre is superb, absolutely brilliant. The piece has no damage, save the most trivial, if any. It is also far more starkly 3-dimensional in person. I think this is a major bourno, especially for a matrix specimen in this size and price range!

This is the largest solid plate, in good condition, that I have yet seen for mthis spectacular find of what most knowledgeable people are saying is the world's best Babingtonite ever found! Here, the bab crystals to 1.4 cm completely carpet a matrix of prehnite and sparkling quartz (visible from the backside). In person, it is spectacularly beautiful because the crystals are uniformaly lustrous. Most larger specimens of this material have a more dull lustre. This large plate is pristine, complete, and one of the prettier black minerals I have seen around - but more than that, its significant for both teh species and location.