Definition of Common topaz

1. Noun. A yellow quartz.

Exact synonyms: False Topaz, Topaz
Generic synonyms: Quartz

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Topaz

common spotted orchid
common staghorn fern
common starling
common stinkhorn
common stock
common stock equivalent
common stocks
common sunflower
common tarweed
common teasel
common tendinous ring
common thorn apple
common thyme
common time
common tobacco
common topaz (current term)
common touch
common unicorn plant
common valerian
common variable immunodeficiency
common vehicle spread
common vetchling
common viper
common vole
common voles
common wallaby
common wart
common wasp
common water snake
common watercress

Literary usage of Common topaz

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"It is sometime called while copper. TOPAZ. According to Professor Jameson, this mineral species contains three subspecies, common topaz, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry: In which the Principles of the Science are by Andrew Ure (1827)
"common topaz. Colour wine-yellow. In granular concretions, disseminated and crystallized- Its primitive form is an oblique prism of 124» 22'. ..."

3. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1885)
"common topaz is found in masses by the hundredweight in the neighbourhood of Falun ; common emerald is found in thick crystals several feet in length in ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy: With Their Applications by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1831)
"It is sometimes called white copper. TOPAZ. According to Professor Jameson, this mineral species contains three subspecies, common topaz, ..."

5. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1877)
"The common topaz is cut like figure 8 ; often also like figure 9, but much thicker, and frequently having the table bordered by two or more rows of ..."

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