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Topaz is a silicate mineral made of aluminum and fluorine with the chemical formula Al 2 Si O 4 (F, OH) 2.It is used as a gemstone in jewelry and other adornments. Common topaz in its natural state is colorless, though trace element impurities can make it pale blue or golden brown to yellow-orange. [7]
American Golden Topaz, the largest cut yellow topaz, weighing nearly 23,000 carats (4.6 kg). Chalmers Topaz , a 5,899.5-carat (1.17990 kg) cut topaz. Tsavorite
Gemstones of the World revised 5th edition, 2013 by Walter Schumann ISBN 978-1454909538 Smithsonian Handbook: Gemstones by Cally Hall, 2nd ed. 2002 ISBN 978-0789489852 hide
Archaically, any of several green or yellow-green-coloured gemstones including Topaz, a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine; Chrysoberyl, an aluminate of beryllium; Zircon, a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates; Prehnite, an inosilicate of calcium and aluminium
The State of Minas Gerais is the largest producer and exporter of gemstones in Brazil and is accountable for 74 percent of the official production which includes brazilianite. [15] It is soft and fragile causing it not to be a popular stone. [7] When brazilianite is heated, it loses it yellow color and becomes colorless. [11]
The American Golden Topaz, housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.. The American Golden Topaz, a 172-faceted topaz weighing 22,892.5 carats (4.57850 kg; 10.0939 lb), is the largest cut yellow topaz in the world, and one of the largest faceted gems of any type in the world. [1]
The topaz in the Field Museum (2009) The Chalmer's Topaz is a topaz gem weighing 5,899.5- carats located in Chicago, Illinois ' Grainger Hall of Gems, in the Field Museum of Natural History . It was named for former Field Museum trustee William J. Chalmers and his wife Joan Chalmers, who established a fund used to purchase gemstones for the ...
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