Oriental topaz


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Oriental topaz

n
(Minerals) a variety of corundum resembling topaz in colour and used as a gemstone
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The cut gemstones then came back to Saxony as "oriental topaz," with improved value and higher prices.
The Konigskrone lopaz mine Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany

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