40Lb White Topaz

[jeff of pa]

Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.), 16 March 1907.





https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...xt=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=33

 

[Kray Gelder]

Cool story. Here is the world's largest faceted gemstone. The 31,000 carat El-Dorado Topaz, out of Brazil. The uncut crystal weighed 81.57 pounds.