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Topaz Crystal Natural Colorless Facet Grade
This natural colorless Topaz crystal is 1.25 inch or 32 mm long by 1.2 inch or 30 mm wide and 19.5 mm thick
It weighs 150 carats.
It is frosted on the top, but appears to be pretty clear and facet grade.
Topaz is an aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide crystal with a hardness of 8.
Topaz is found in several countries, this crystal came from Brazil.
Topaz actually has an exceptionally wide range of color from brown to variations of blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple. Colorless Topaz is common, and is often treated to give it a blue color.
Topaz is also pleochroic, meaning that the gem can show different colors in different crystal directions.
The name Topaz comes from Topazios, the old Greek name for a small island in the Red Sea, now called Zabargad. The island never actually produced Topaz, rather it produced Peridot, which was confused with topaz at the time.
Topaz is the birthstone for November.
Metaphysical Properties of Topaz: Colorless Topaz is said to give one confidence to face the truth and speak it clearly.
