Record #:

12549

Author(s):

Chapman, Ashton

Abstract:

Topaz, an aluminum fluosilicate that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and rates as an 8 on the Mohs scale, has been found in North Carolina. The Mineral Resources Division of the N.C. Department of Conservation and Development has noted the most extensive occurrence of Topaz in the state to exist on Bowlings Mountain.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 11, Nov 1966, p12

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Minerals; Topaz