Trying to confirm if these are bronz topaz. Thanks!

[Sgtfury488]

Found these in a load of base rock along with some copper ore and tons of quartz my guess is the rock was back fill from a copper mine as there was tons of copper residue. They appear to be topaz. I was hoping someone could confirm or disprove my theory.

Thanks ~Sgt.

 

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[Steve1236]

See if a piece of sharp quartz will scratch one of your specimens, quartz is a 7 on the hardness scale while topaz is 8, if it scratches it, it's not topaz. You could also do a specific gravity test. Watch a YouTube video, its pretty easy and accurate if done right. Also if you see any striations topaz lines will go up and down and quartz striation lines will go side to side.
Steve.

 

[Sgtfury488]

Thanks. I was able to scratch the surface of it with quartz. I am assuming then that it is a piece of quartz. Do you know what type it might be?

 

[Steve1236]

If it scratched it easily it's probably not quartz either, a 7 and 7 hardness should just glide across and not scratch. The smaller one in your pictures looks a lot like honey calcite I've collected before, it has a hardness of 3, it's my best guess what you have.

 

[Buckshotnc]

Could possibly be citrine in the quartz family.