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    Topaz Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Topaz
    Topaz Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Topaz
    Topaz Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Topaz
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    Topaz Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Topaz

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    This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of gemology and crystallography. The titles in this range include "Gemstone Manufacturing" "The Optical Properties of Gemstones and Crystals" "The Thirty-Two Classes of Crystal Symmetry" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Topaz Gemstones" contains information on their properties, origins, structure and much more. Intended to illustrate the main features of the topaz it is a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and to understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 6, 2015
    ISBN9781473394810
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      Topaz Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Topaz - Read Books Ltd.

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      IDENTIFICATION OF TOPAZ

      IN TIMES PAST, THE NAME OF TOPAZ HAS BEEN applied, with different prefixes, to yellow stones of several entirely distinct species. Thus oriental topaz denoted yellow corundum; occidental topaz, Spanish topaz, etc., were names for yellow quartz, while the prefix Brazilian distinguished the gem-stone to which the name topaz can alone be rightfully applied to-day. For the persistent incorrect use of the term topaz (with or without some fancy prefix) for various shades of yellow or brownish-yellow quartz the influence of big dealers in the German stone-cutting centre of Idar-Oberstein was perhaps largely to blame. Their trade in gems of the quartz family was far and away greater than for other stones (including true topaz), and they clung obstinately to topaz as a good selling name for quartz of topaz hue.

      Importers in this and other countries, receiving parcels from Idar labelled topaz would naturally sell the stones under this name—and so the misnomer persisted, and still persists. Some of the most heated discussions in the Precious Stone Committees at recent B.I.B.O.A. (International Jewellery Trades Bureau) conferences have centred round the misuse of this particular name, and various unsatisfactory compromises have been suggested.

      The writer appeals to jewellers to abandon old customs and prejudices and to sell their goods under the correct names—that is, in the case under discussion, to use the names citrine and cairngorm or morion for the yellow or brown quartz, respectively, and to reserve the name topaz solely for the Brazilian, true, or precious

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