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Topaz

Topaz gets its name from an island in the Red Sea named Topazios.  Topazios is a Greek word meaning "to guess"; which suited the island because it was often covered in fog and difficult to find.  Topaz is the most misused name in the gem world.  It is given to citrine and smoky quartz which are not Topaz.  This is why we have "precious and imperial topaz" to help distinguish the real topaz from the other stones.  Imperial originated from the discovery of pink topaz in Russia.  The gem instantly became popular with the Czar and only his family or those he chose could own the "imperial topaz".  Some pinkish orange topaz is heat treated to produce a truer pink color.



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