topaz
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1. topaz - Noun
2. topaz - Adjective
3. Topaz - Proper noun
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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.
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Alternatively, the word topaz may be related to the Sanskrit word तपस "tapas", meaning "heat" or "fire".
Brazilian Imperial Topaz can often have a bright yellow to deep golden brown hue, sometimes even violet.
Dyar and Gunter, p. 22–23 Crystal structure and habit main seeAlso Topaz has a characteristic orthorhombic elongated crystal shape.
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.
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.
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".