&bull Topaz is a gemstone of a variety of colors and its most priceless color is a golden orange-yellow, known "imperial-topaz".



&bull Topaz is universally considered as a sky-blue gem, but it was not until this century that blue topaz emerged unified and diverse into the gem market.

&bull Natural blue topaz along with a blue shade is rare in nature; monochrome to light tinged stone is heat-treated to gain the blue color.

&bull Similarly, topazes are hardly occurred in the pink colors as all pink topaz is heated treated gemstones from the yellow and brownish substance.

&bull Some of the topaz is usually originated from the sites of Russia and it is quite infamous for fading a long lasting disclosure to light.

&bull The gemstones from these locations are unwanted by most of the people. Therefore, it is very vital that one must always ask about the origin of the topaz before procuring it to assure it would not get faded.

Care of Topaz

There is a certain kind of vigilance and deep caution which is implemented on the topaz for exceptional designing and shading so that not any blemish could be occurred in the topaz surface.

Usage of Topaz

&bull There are a lot of usages of topaz especially in terms of jewelry.

&bull Some of the colors are quite dazzling for topaz like blue, orange and pink, while, topaz often looks gorgeous in terms of diamond usage.

&bull Topaz is a blemish less gemstone which is rare to come by.

Distinctive styles of Topaz

There some styles of topaz which are

&bull Pink Topaz

&bull Blue Topaz

&bull Brown Topaz

&bull Green Topaz

Cultural symbols of Topaz

&bull Precious Topaz used to differentiate topaz from economical counterfeit like citrine

&bull Imperial Topaz gleaming orange-yellow to orange-brown diversity of topaz

&bull Silver Topaz monochrome topaz

&bull Sherry Topaz orange-brown topaz

&bull London Blue Topaz the profound blue topaz

&bull Swiss Blue Topaz deep blue topaz

&bull Paraiba Topaz sea-green topaz

&bull Brazilian Aquamarine forged mark given to aquamarine

&bull Nerchinsk Aquamarine false symbol given to aquamarine

&bull Brazilian Ruby fake name given to pink topaz

&bull Brazilian Sapphire bogus name given to blue topaz and blue tourmaline)

&bull Pyncite is often used to symbolize a pale yellow topaz

Fake names of Topaz

&bull This is the gemstone which is deeply observed in the regions of some countries like Afghanistan, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia and some other countries. Today, citrine is often found in some gorgeous colors especially "yellow to brown a kind of quartz which nearly links to topaz.

&bull However, unluckily the corrupt marketers have adapted fake names for citrine so the un-conscious buyers would often imagine they are purchasing the more worth and famous topaz.

&bull Any topaz marked along a prefix name excluding those in the different parts of this page and the other marks highlighted as under and they are heat-treated citrine.

However some of the false names are mentioned as under.

&bull Gold Topaz

&bull Golden Topaz

&bull Madeira Topaz

&bull False Topaz

&bull Brazilian Topaz

&bull Bahia Topaz

&bull Citrine Topaz

a lot of other fake names are:

&bull Brazilian Topaz yellow to yellow-brown sapphire

&bull Indian Topaz yellow to yellow-brown sapphire

&bull King Topaz yellow to yellow-brown sapphire

&bull Oriental Topaz yellow to yellow-brown sapphire

&bull Smoky Topaz unscrupulous name for cut smoky quartz

&bull Star Topaz yellow star sapphire