Topaz from Mason County, Texas - GIA
A comprehensive look at Texas topaz, detailing its gemological and compositional characteristics and providing a basis for using trace element concentrations to identify its origin.
Where To Find Topaz In Texas (Plus Tips on How To Find It)
2021年3月26日 · Where To Look For Topaz. Topaz is heavy and hard, so it often washes out of its original host rock and travels in rivers or near the river banks, sinking to the bottom of the running water. Sometimes floods even wash topaz into the surrounding cut banks, sand bars, or the roots of river side plants.
G&G Features in a Flash: Texas Topaz - GIA
2024年5月1日 · "Texas Topaz" Mason County, Texas, is well known in the gem world for producing beautiful topaz. While most topazes found here are colorless, light blue, or brown, some are a natural saturated blue color. These saturated blue stones are known as “Texas topaz” in the trade and are highly sought after for their provenance and natural blue color.
A Texas Treasure Hunt: Prospecting for Topaz in Mason, Texas
2018年9月21日 · To hunt topaz in Texas, especially the rare blue topaz found only in Mason County, prospectors need some basic equipment, lots of patience, and at least a moderate case of topaz fever.
Topaz in Texas – The Best Places to Search! - Rockhound Resource
In Texas, topaz is only found in centrally located Mason County. There are three ranches in the area which are open to the public for topaz hunting – Seaquist Ranch, Bar M Ranch, and Lindsay Ranch, all of which are fairly close to one another. Each one of these places is a great choice for your very own topaz search.
Texas topaz hunters must now find other ways to look for the …
2024年2月6日 · It’s Texas’ official state gemstone, and it’s found in the Texas Hill Country. Blue Topaz has been forming in those hills for eons. And up until recently, anyone could go rock hunting for them. As Dina Gachman writes for Texas Monthly, the last rockhound-friendly ranch in Mason County has closed it’s doors to rock hunters.
Gem-quality naturally blue topaz occurs in Mason County, Texas. Known as “Texas topaz,” this gem is highly sought after in the United States because of its domestic provenance and rare natural blue color.
Texas Blue Topaz & Lone Star Cut - State Symbols USA
The Lone Star cut, designed by two native Texans, is a special gemstone cut that reflects a five-pointed star (the Lone Star of Texas). Topaz comes in all colors; a golden orange-yellow (called "imperial topaz") is considered the most valuable.
Mason County Topaz - Mason County Chamber of Commerce - TX
Topaz, the state gem of Texas, is found within the borders of the state only in Mason County. It occurs in granite outcroppings principally in the Streeter, Grit, and Katemcy areas. It is usually found in streambeds and ravines but occasionally can be located atop the ground. Topaz resembles quartz and ranges in color from clear to brown to ...
Digging for Topaz - Explore Texas
2016年7月28日 · Topaz is the official gemstone of Texas as well as the birthstone for the month of November. This beautiful gemstone is found only among the granite hills and sandy creek beds of Mason County — in the geologic region of the state known as the Llano Uplift.