![]() | July/August 2011: In This Issue Tennessee Mineral Locality Index Mineral publications and articles have generally overlooked Tennessee's minerals. The Tennessee Division of Geology is one of the oldest state geological surveys, established in 1832 with Gerard Troost as the first state geologist. A New Find of Topaz in the Strzegom Granites, Poland The Strzegom granites are currently one of the most prolific specimen-producing localities in Europe, with more than forty active granite quarries that yield numerous pockets every year. | |

