Libyan Desert Glass x5 wheel Rare double terminated topaz crystal

Rare double terminated topaz crystal on quartz

This piece is from Swansea

These beads from what ive read were made in Idar Oberstein in Germany in the late 1800s and traded to Asia and Africa

the stone is a round 5mm brillant cut Tasmanian Topaz with a solid 18 gold setting around the Stone with a Solid Sterling Silver Band which is 12mm wide

Largest 22mm x 15mm

Libyan Desert Glass x5 wheel Rare double terminated topaz crystalLibyan desert glass from the Great Sandy Sea in Egypt. These tektites (meteorite impact glass) were made into stone tools by the people who inhabited the area thousands of years ago. Very rare. 22. 38 grams 3. 7cm x 2cm 3cm x 1. 9cm