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Blue Topaz

355 carat Natural Blue Topaz (bottom page)
Blue Topaz in association with Chrysoberyl

Many Blue Topaz localities

Blue Topaz occurrences

Chittagong District Australia Blue Topaz

"Pale Blue Topaz" called "Brazilian Sapphire"

Refraction of Blue Topaz and influence of light (bottom page)

Classic Topaz Localities in the USA

Read about the discovery and the geology of Topaz Mountain , Thomas Range, Utah by George Frederick Kunz!

Mason County Texas

Hamdon Hill, Maine

George Frederick Kunz on Topaz in the USA

Yellow Topaz

"Moguk Diamond" = "Yellow Topaz"

"Yellow Topaz" = Chrysolite (see Nicols)

Yellow-Green Topaz by the Greeks (diamonds)
Yellow Topaz mines Ouro Preto

Preferred color of Yellow in antique jewelry

Sapphire with stripe Yellow Topaz

Ancient Lapidary Knowledge presented in Orpheus poem

Topaz References before 1600

Georg Agicola on Topaz and more Topaz (footnote 44)
Nicols (1652) on Topaz or Chrysolite (2 chapters)

Tavernier (who brought Hope diamond to Europe) on Mogul's Oriental Topaz (footnote 6 cnt'd next page footnotes) and famous Aurangzeb's Topaz (footnote 1) as well as the famous Topaz of the Great Mogul

Al-Biruni on Topaz

Albertus Magnus

Pink Topaz

19th Century Heat Treatment

Heating Yellow to "Pink Topaz": how it started

Heating to Pink Topaz (using Asbestos)

Pink-ing of Yellow Topaz

Firing process of Yellow to Pink (bottom page)

Pink Topaz Prices (1800's)
Dichroism in "Pink Topaz"
Pink Topaz Overview

Classic Topaz Localities -- World

Topaz from Ouro Preto (Villa Rica), Minais Gerais, Brazil etc.

Topaz in the United Kingdom

Also in England, Ural, Brazil, Germany, India, Ceylon, USA and Rhodesia

Famous | Important Topazes | Bible

Famous Topazes such as Braganza Diamond
Famous French and English Collections, Topaz Crystals, Cut and Engraved
"Exceptional Topazes" , Crystalline and Engraved from classic localities

On Radiating Topaz, the bible and spiritual meanings
Biblical Topazes

Topaz Cuts | in Jewelry

Topaz cuts and settings

A Few Recommended Topaz Websites

Two extensive mineralogical factsheets: Webmineral Topaz page and Mineralienatlas on Topaz (German)
The Mineral Kingdom has written a nice overview as well. The GIA published an article in G&G in 1983 on the 200 year old mines on Imperial Topaz.

Wikipedia's article on Topaz