A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Topaz from Durango, Mexico |
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| Description | Topaz, a common gemstone, is sometimes confused with citrine. Chemically, it is an aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide, Al2SiO4(F,OH)3. The crystals in this photo come from near Durango, Mexico. |
| Location | Mexico ▹ Durango. Near Durango. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-03-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1186. |
| Key words | topaz, Mexico |
| Tech details | 467 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 248 |
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