topaz

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a light-colored or colorless, very hard, orthorhombic mineral, Al(SiO)(F,OH), often used as a gem; hydrous aluminum silicate
any of a various yellowish minerals that resemble yellow topaz, esp. citrine
either of two brightly colored hummingbirds (Topaza pyra or T. pella) of South America

Origin of topaz

Middle English topace from Old French topase from Classical Latin topazus from Classical Greek topazos

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topaz

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a. A colorless, blue, yellow, brown, or pink aluminum silicate mineral, often found in association with granitic rocks and valued as a gemstone.
b. Any of various yellow gemstones, especially a yellow variety of sapphire or corundum.
A light yellow variety of quartz.

Origin of topaz

Middle English topace from Old French from Latin topazus from Greek topazos

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A colorless, blue, yellow, brown, or pink orthorhombic mineral valued as a gem. Topaz occurs as transparent or translucent prisms in silica-rich igneous rocks, such as pegmatite, and in tin-bearing rock veins. Chemical formula: Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂.
Any of various yellow gemstones, especially a yellow variety of sapphire or corundum.

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural topazes)

A clear, yellowish-brown gemstone.
A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.
(historical, British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.

Adjective

Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Origin

From the Ancient Greek proper noun Î¤Î¿Ï€Î¬Î¶Î¹Î¿Ï‚ (Topazios), ancient name of St. John's Island, Egypt, in the Red Sea, believed to be the first discovered source of the mineral Ï„Î¿Ï€Î¬Î¶Î¹Î¿Î½ (topazion, “peridot").

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