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Locality: Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Description: This topaz comes from one of the most famous gem-pegmatite fields in the world. The Paprok workings sit in a side valley south of Paprok village in the Hindu Kush of Nuristan, at roughly 4,000 metres. Local miners were already working them heavily by 1974.
Pegmatites are the last, fluid-rich stage of a cooling granite. At Paprok they are rich in lithium, boron, beryllium and fluorine, and that mix fed gem pockets lined with tourmaline, kunzite, lepidolite, albite and topaz. Topaz takes up fluorine as it grows, which shows in its formula.
Paprok is best known for its pink, green and watermelon tourmaline. Mindat rates it world class for elbaite tourmaline, and a 2009 study first identified fluor-elbaite from the Nuristan region in Paprok crystals. Topaz is an accessory mineral in these pockets, so it is found less often than the tourmaline. Most specimens reach the world through dealers in Peshawar and beyond.
This piece is a 181 g champagne-coloured topaz from the field.
In crystal traditions, champagne topaz is associated with confidence and good luck.
Chemical Composition: Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂
Chakra: Root
Size: 6.5cm x 5.5cm x 5cm
Weight: 181g
Quantity: 1pc
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