What is Topaz? What are the colors of topaz?

Historically, Topaz was once a gem that was hard to find. The mineral name of Topaz. is topaz or citrine. One is the name of a small island in the Red Sea that is often foggy and difficult to find. It means “seeking”. Another way of saying it comes from the topaz in Sanskrit, which means "fire." Topaz is most easily mixed with yellow crystals. These are two completely different minerals. Topaz can be used as a gemstone, and kyanite cannot.

Topaz is the birthstone of November. It is a symbol of peace and friendship and has been hailed as a "stone of friendship." Its texture is hard, soft and beautiful, crystal clear, it is suitable for making rings, pendants, necklaces and other jewelry. Some pure and transparent topaz can also be carved into small pendants and hang tags.

The world's most important producing area is Brazil, and Sri Lanka, the United States, Myanmar, the Ural Mountains, Australia and other countries also have gem-quality topaz output. China's topaz is mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, and Xinjiang. For a long time, it was generally believed that topaz was all yellow. The mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan jewellery circles have long been accustomed to calling topaz "topaz" or "yellow crystal". In fact, the pure topaz is colorless; the colored topaz includes blue, light green, and all colors from yellow to the common Sydney orange, pink spectrum, and even the extremely rare red .

The highest value topaz is red and Sydney, followed by blue. The yellow topaz is similar in appearance to the cheap yellow crystal, so the price is not high. Colorless topaz has the lowest value. When evaluating topaz, color, clarity and weight are used as the basis for evaluation. It should also be noted whether its color is natural or artificially colored. The most common in the market are blue and pink topaz. More than 99% of them are made from the colorless or brown topaz of the original stone, which is converted by radiation and high temperature. Among them, the blue color of the blue topaz is only faded by 2% to 3%, and can be preserved for at least 50 years. The bright pink and blue topazes of natural colors are very rare in China at present, and the international prices are also very high. Irradiated topaz prices are not high, blue is much lower than aquamarine, but the price of topaz is still generally higher than crystal.

Although there were records of Topaz in ancient Egypt and Roman literature, it was not until the Middle Ages that Topa's reputation was not too big, but it was only used by the royal family or the church. In the 18th century, Topa became famous. In France and Spain, topaz and diamonds were set in many magnificent jewels. In the early 19th century, French and British popular necklaces, earrings and other jewelry made from topaz and amethyst. Topaz is still one of the most popular gemstones in the Victorian era. The famous jewelers between the World War II and the World War II also attached great importance to the topaz. Topaz has always been regarded as the best yellow gemstone and has always been loved by people.

In the 11th century, Europeans believed that Topaz could treat eye diseases, soaking topaz in wine for three days and three nights, and then using it to massage sick eyes, not only to treat general eye diseases, even Amblyopia also has a good effect. The 3rd century European Book of Wings records that topaz engraved with a falcon pattern can help the wearer, especially the powerful wearers, develop goodwill. Later in the literature, it was described that topaz can treat madness and increase one's wisdom and prudence, and is a coolant for boiling water and anger.