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Very good Topaz crystals also come from the Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria. In Mexico, a famous locality that produces multicolored Topaz with brownish-red tints is Tepetate, San Luis PotosÃ­; along with the Veronica Mine, Copetillo; and Villa Garcia, Zacatecas.
A variety of imperial topaz, this purple crystal is a rather rare color of the topaz mineral. Varying from light violet to deep purple, the violet crystal gets its color from the inclusion of chromium into the otherwise colorless mineral. Topaz in general is the gemstone of the zodiac sign Sagittarius. gemstone found in all the colors of the rainbow, tourmaline also occurs as purple stones. These purple crystals come from the species of tourmaline called elbaite, including the highly valuable Paraiba tourmaline.