Lovely Peachy Pink to Peachy Champaign Topaz Faceting & Cabbing rough crystals from Pakistan. These are well formed crystals (many fully terminated) and are a spectacular site to behold! This material looks conservatively 35%+ glassy clean to very slightly included and ranges in size from about 1-18 grams with the bulk of the material in the 3-6 gram range. Production of Topaz has declined over the last year in Pakistan and this is beginning to impact its price. We got this at a steal and it is about all we have left so don't miss your chance to pick this up!

1. There is a new treatment out in Pakistan that is turning this material in a lovely Tangerine color that rivals the best Imperial Topaz from Brazil. The material is being irradiated and is stable with little or no signs of treatment. I have seen the treated material being sold as natural; however, please note that Pakistan DOES NOT produce natural orange Topaz and everything that you see come by you of this color from Pakistan should be suspect. From my understanding it is only the Katlang material that is treating to this orange color and not the Gilgit material.

2. A very interesting fact that has come by me is that this material is being irradiated ON MATRIX. This will give the appearance of being a natural occurrence so please be aware!

3. I have acquired some treated material that is currently being analyzed by GIA for and I will post results once they become available.