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SILVER BLUE TOPAZ 3pc LOT Crystal Healing Polished Natural Gemstone Tumbled For Sale


SILVER BLUE TOPAZ 3pc LOT Crystal Healing Polished Natural Gemstone Tumbled
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SILVER BLUE TOPAZ 3pc LOT Crystal Healing Polished Natural Gemstone Tumbled:
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These bags weigh on average 20-30 carats, which is 4-6 grams. A bag will have 3 pieces per bag. The pieces measure on average 10-18 mm per stone.I offer a shipping discount for customers who combine their payments for multiple purchases into one payment!
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and I will buy back the item for your full purchase price.I am selling this 3 piece lot of natural silver topaz. It is absolutely beautiful! Silver topaz is sometimes used as a healing stone. It is said tostimulate the throat chakra to help one clearly verbalize what they want and need in their lives.These pieces are 100% authentic topaz from Brazil. The photos show several different lots and are representative of the lot you\'ll receive. Please note that they are 100% natural items and therefore have slight variations.Thanks so much for visiting my store and have a great day!
Below is some information about this mineral from WikipediaTopazFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchThis article is about the mineral or gemstone. For other uses, see Topaz (disambiguation).Wiki letter w.svgThis article\'s lead section does not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Please discuss this issue on the article\'s talk page. (August 2016)TopazTopaze, quartz fumé 1.jpgTopaz crystal on white matrixGeneralCategory Nesosilicate mineralsFormula(repeating unit) Al2SiO4(F,OH)2Strunz classification 9.AF.35Crystal system OrthorhombicCrystal class Dipyramidal (mmm)H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)Space group PbnmUnit cell a = 4.65 Å, b = 8.8 Å,c = 8.4 Å; Z = 4IdentificationColor Colorless (if no impurities), blue, brown, orange, gray, yellow, green, pink and reddish pinkCrystal habit Prismatic crystalCleavage [001] PerfectFracture Subconchoidal to unevenMohs scale hardness 8 (defining mineral)Luster VitreousStreak WhiteDiaphaneity TransparentSpecific gravity 3.49–3.57Optical properties Biaxial (+)Refractive index nα = 1.606–1.629nβ = 1.609–1.631nγ = 1.616–1.638Birefringence δ = 0.010Pleochroism Weak in thick sections X = yellow; Y = yellow, violet, reddish; Z = violet, bluish, yellow, pinkUltraviolet fluorescence Short UV=golden yellow; Long UV=creamReferences [1][2][3][4]Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F, OH)2. Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces. It is one of the hardest naturally occurring minerals (Mohs hardness of 8) and is the hardest of any silicate mineral. This hardness combined with its usual transparency and variety of colors means that it has acquired wide use in jewellery as a cut gemstone as well as for intaglios and other gemstone carvings.[5]Contents1 Characteristics2 Localities and occurrence3 Synthetic topaz4 Etymology5 Historical usage5.1 Superstition6 See also7 References8 External linksCharacteristics
Facet cut topaz gemstones in various colors
Yellow topaz in stepped kite-shaped cutTopaz in its natural state is a golden brown to yellow, a characteristic which means it is sometimes confused with the less valuable gemstone citrine.[5] A variety of impurities and treatments may make topaz wine red, pale gray, reddish-orange, pale green, or pink (rare), and opaque to translucent/transparent. The pink and red varieties come from chromium replacing aluminium in its crystalline structure.
Orange topaz, also known as precious topaz, is the traditional November birthstone, the symbol of friendship, and the state gemstone of the US state of Utah.[6]
Imperial topaz is yellow, pink (rare, if natural) or pink-orange. Brazilian imperial topaz can often have a bright yellow to deep golden brown hue, sometimes even violet. Many brown or pale topazes are treated to make them bright yellow, gold, pink or violet colored. Some imperial topaz stones can fade on exposure to sunlight for an extended period of time.[7][8]
Blue topaz is the state gemstone of the US state of Texas.[9] Naturally occurring blue topaz is quite rare. Typically, colorless, gray or pale yellow and blue material is heat treated and irradiated to produce a more desired darker blue.[8]
Mystic topaz is colorless topaz which has been artificially coated via a vapor deposition process giving it a rainbow effect on its surface.[10]
Although very hard, topaz must be treated with greater care than some other minerals of similar hardness (such as corundum) because of a weakness of atomic bonding of the stone\'s molecules along one or another axial plane (whereas diamonds, for example, are composed of carbon atoms bonded to each other with equal strength along all of its planes). This gives topaz a tendency to break along such a cleavage plane if struck with sufficient force.[11]
Topaz has a relatively low index of refraction for a gemstone, and so stones with large facets or tables do not sparkle as readily as stones cut from minerals with higher refractive indices, though quality colorless topaz sparkles and shows more \"life\" than similarly cut quartz. When given a typical \"brilliant\" cut, topaz may either show a sparkling table facet surrounded by dead-looking crown facets or a ring of sparkling crown facets with a dull well-like table.[12]
Localities and occurrenceTopaz is commonly associated with silicic igneous rocks of the granite and rhyolite type. It typically crystallizes in granitic pegmatites or in vapor cavities in rhyolite lava flows including those at Topaz Mountain in western Utah and Chivinar in South America. It can be found with fluorite and cassiterite in various areas including the Ural and Ilmensky Mountains of Russia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico; Flinders Island, Australia; Nigeria and the United States.
Brazil is one of the largest producers of topaz,[13] some clear topaz crystals from Brazilian pegmatites can reach boulder size and weigh hundreds of pounds. The Topaz of Aurangzeb, observed by Jean Baptiste Tavernier weighed 157.75 carats.[14] The American Golden Topaz, a more recent gem, weighed a massive 22,892.5 carats. Large, vivid blue topaz specimens from the St. Anns mine in Zimbabwe were found in the late 1980s.[15]
Colorless and light-blue varieties of topaz are found in Precambrian granite in Mason County, Texas[16] within the Llano Uplift. There is no commercial mining of topaz in that area.[17]Topaz Mountain, UtahSherry-colored topaz from Maynard\'s Claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USABlue Topaz from Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, NamibiaRed topaz from Tepetate, Municipio de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Synthetic topazIt is possible to synthesize topaz.[18] However, naturally occurring topaz is so abundant that this is probably not economically viable.
EtymologyThe name \"topaz\" is usually derived (via Old French: Topace and Latin: Topazus) from the Greek Τοπάζιος (Τοpáziοs) or Τοπάζιον (Τοpáziοn),[19] from Τοπαζος, the ancient name of St. John\'s Island in the Red Sea which was difficult to find and from which a yellow stone (now believed to be chrysolite: yellowish olivine) was mined in ancient times; topaz itself (rather than topazios) was not really known before the classical era.[citation needed] Ancient Sri Lanka (Tamraparni) exported native oriental topazes to Greece and ancient Egypt, which led to the etymologically related names of the island by Alexander Polyhistor (Topazius) and the early Egyptians (Topapwene) – \"land of the Topaz\".[20][21] Pliny said that Topazos is a legendary island in the Red Sea and the mineral \"topaz\" was first mined there. Alternatively, the word topaz may be related to the Sanskrit word तपस् \"tapas\", meaning \"heat\" or \"fire\".[19]
Historical usageNicols, the author of one of the first systematic treatises on minerals and gemstones, dedicated two chapters to the topic in 1652.[22] In the Middle Ages, the name topaz was used to refer to any yellow gemstone, but in modern times it denotes only the silicate described above.
Many English translations of the Bible, including the King James Version, mention topaz. However, because these translations as topaz all derive from the Septuagint translation topazi[os], which referred to a yellow stone that was not topaz, but probably chrysolite (chrysoberyl or peridot), topaz is likely not meant here.[23]
SuperstitionAn English superstition also held that topaz cured lunacy.[24] The ancient Romans believed that topaz provided protection from danger while traveling. [25] During the Middle Ages, it was believed that attaching the topaz to the left arm protected the owner from any curse and warded off the evil eye. It was also believed that wearing increased body heat, which would enable people to relieve a cold or fever. [26] In Europe in the Middle Ages, topaz was believed to enhance mental powers.[27]


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