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Great info, thanks. The clear one scratched the black one, but not the other way around. If this turns out to be topaz, I'd love to find someone local to facet it.

Thanks Megsy and Pat! As for hardness, I can't put a mark in it with a coin so I broke out a pocket knife and managed to put a nice blunt spot on the knife but no mark left on the surface of the rock. I tried to scratch it with the tip of the blade, but it didn't leave a mark at all. I could...

Could I please have some opinions on this? Picked up by my late father around the Granite Belt, QLD. Maybe glass? We have a couple of other larger pieces with a more brown than yellow tint. *** Apologies for the huge photos.