Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, blue, yellow, brown, or pink aluminum silicate mineral, often found in association with granitic rocks and valued as a gemstone, especially in the brown and pink varieties.
- noun Any of various yellow gemstones, especially a yellow variety of sapphire or corundum.
- noun A light yellow variety of quartz.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral of a vitreous luster, transparent or translucent, sometimes colorless, often of a yellow, white, green, or pale-blue color.
- noun In heraldry, the tincture or in blazoning by the precious stones. See
blazon , n., 2. - noun A humming-bird, Topaza pella or T. pyra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) 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.
- noun (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the genus Topaza (
Topaza pella orTopaza pyra ), of South America and the West Indies. - noun (Min.) See the Note under
Quartz .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A clear, yellowish-brown gemstone.
- noun A
yellowish -brown color, like that of the gemstone. - noun historical (British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.
- adjective Of a
yellowish -brown color, like that of the gemstone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light brown the color of topaz
- noun a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
- noun a yellow quartz
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Generally, the yellow variety of quartz is given the name topaz, although the true topaz is much rarer.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Generally, the yellow variety of quartz is given the name topaz, although the true topaz is much rarer.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Generally, the yellow variety of quartz is given the name topaz, although the true topaz is much rarer.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Generally, the yellow variety of quartz is given the name topaz, although the true topaz is much rarer.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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The name topaz is derived from the Greek _topazos_, which is the name of
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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The very word topaz is a derivative of an ancient Sanskrit word, topas, meaning “heat.”
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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The very word topaz is a derivative of an ancient Sanskrit word, topas, meaning “heat.”
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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The very word topaz is a derivative of an ancient Sanskrit word, topas, meaning “heat.”
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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The very word topaz is a derivative of an ancient Sanskrit word, topas, meaning “heat.”
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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"But a topaz is a stone, " I said, -a kind of semiprecious stone.
Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986
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