#MinCup24 topaz Vs spodumene

I voted #topaz! Spodumene might be a harbinger of weirder, more wonderful rocks, but there's something about the crisp, bright, clean, clarity of topaz that I love more 🤩 🥰

Here's a wee topaz from "Skottland" (probably the Cairngorms) in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm which I saw in 2016. It's from the collection of the legendary chemist & mineralogist Berzelius (1779-1848) #Geology #Chemistry #Mineralogy @MineralCup