Bixbyite

specimen number:
2063133

location:
Topaz Mtn., Juab Co., Utah, USA

description:
Fine thumbnail for the species, a sharp metallic mirror bright crystal of bixbyite 0.6 cm on edge set perfectly up on a rhyolite matrix. In terrific condition.

Topaz Mountain, located in the Thomas Range of Juab County, Utah, is a famous mineral collecting site featuring amber and clear topaz crystals that formed within gas cavities of Miocene rhyolite lava flows. The region has a long history of rockhounding and mineral exploration dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These same rhyolite cavities also yield bixbyite, a striking dark metallic mineral composed of manganese and iron oxides, which was named after the prominent early Utah prospector Maynard Bixby.

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