John Smolski Collection John Smolski has been an obsessive topaz collector both in the field and with a silver pick for over 20 years. He kept his field collected prizes, but we are fortunate that he sold us the rest.

Most topaz crystals from Klein Spitzkopje are free of matrix, but not always. This one is a typical association of a single chisel-point topaz crystal attached to the side of a gemmy smoky quartz crystal.