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Topaz from
Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia


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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz

Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz

Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz

Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Topaz, etc.

Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Locality type:Pegmatite Field
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Comments:Plate 76 from Wilson, Wendell. E.; Bartsch, Joel A.; Mauthner, Mark (2004) Masterpieces of the Mineral World. Houston Museum of Natural Science. [https://www.mindat.org/reference.php?id=18945017]
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Significance:Classic locality for this mineral (see references.)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz10
- var Smoky Quartz6
Albite4
- var Cleavelandite2
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11077
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11077:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Topaz in this Region
Golodnaya vien, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Kazennitsa vein (Kazionnitsa), Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Mokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘMurzinka Mine, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘKazennitsa vein (Kazionnitsa), Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘMokrusha Mine, Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘLipovskoye pegmatite field, Rezhevsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘLipovka Mine (Lipovskoe Mine; Lipovskaya Mine; Lipovaya Mine), Lipovsk pegmatite field, Rezhevsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘIzumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
References
Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals.Tav. LX
Wilson, Wendell. E.; Bartsch, Joel A.; Mauthner, Mark (2004) Masterpieces of the Mineral World. Houston Museum of Natural Science.pp.184-185
Sokol, Ella V., Seryotkin, Yurii V., Bul'bak, Taras A. (2010) Na-Li-Be-rich cordierite from the Murzinka pegmatite field, Middle Urals, Russia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 22 (4) 565-575 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2013
 
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