THE TOPAZ: the sun in all its splendeur Croyances about topaz:

The Topaz: the sun in all its splendeur Croyances about topaz:

The Egyptians and the Romans associated the topaz to the gods of the sun, each with Ra, the other with Jupiter. This means the protection and strength that topaz was supposed to provide the holder.

Characteristics of topaz:

Topaz is an aluminum fluorosilicate crystal. In nature, topaz comes in a wide range of colors.

It can be colorless, white, light blue, light yellow, yellow-brown, amber, orange, pinkish brown, pink and even red. Treated topaz blue sky is encountered most often in jewelry

The dark colors are mostly obtained by heat treatment.

Imperial topaz is identifiable by its color ranging from golden to deep red-orange.

Topaz is a heavy stone, a very good hardness (8 of 10).

Because of its perfect cleavage, it is wise to avoid shocks because it can crack.

Topaz may have two other features:

When moving the finger on the table topaz faceted and it sliding as if the rock was slippery.

Some topaz loses their clarity when long exposed to daylight.

Producing countries topazes

The topaz is found in warm colors especially in Brazil (Ouro Preto) and Sri Lanka; pink topaz in Pakistan and Russia, blue topaz in Brazil, Sri Lanka and China.

The wedding of topaz and natives of November

Celebrating the wedding of topaz on the occasion of 44 years of marriage.

Topaz is also par excellence of the stone native of November.