1. topaz - Noun
2. topaz - Adjective
3. Topaz - Proper noun
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlternatively, the word topaz may be related to the Sanskrit word तपस "tapas", meaning "heat" or "fire". Source: Internet
Brazilian Imperial Topaz can often have a bright yellow to deep golden brown hue, sometimes even violet. Source: Internet
Dyar and Gunter, p. 22–23 Crystal structure and habit main seeAlso Topaz has a characteristic orthorhombic elongated crystal shape. Source: Internet
Finally, the American trading ship Topaz under Mayhew Folger became the first to visit the island, when the crew spent 10 hours on Pitcairn in February 1808. Source: Internet
It typically crystallizes in granitic pegmatites or in vapor cavities in rhyolite lava flows including those at Topaz Mountain in western Utah and Chivinar in South America. Source: Internet
Pastor IV 1894:13 and note, 15. He had a papal tiara made for his own use studded with "diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, topaz, large pearls, and every kind of precious gem". Source: Internet