TOPAZ

A precious stone of wine-yellow color, with occasional pale tinges of green or red. It was one of the twelve gems in the high priest’s breastplate, Ex 28:17; 39:10, and was a highly prized product of Cush, or Southern Arabia, Job 28:19; Eze 28:13.

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Topaz. Topaz
Heb. pitdah (Ezek. 28:13; Rev. 21:20), a golden yellow or “green” stone brought from Cush or Ethiopia (Job 28:19). It was the second stone in the first row in the breastplate of the high priest, and had the name of Simeon inscribed on it (Ex. 28:17). It is probably the chrysolite of the moderns.

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TOPAZ. → A precious stone Eze 28:13; Re 21:20 → In the breastplate Ex 28:17; 39:10 → Ethiopian, celebrated Job 28:19

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topaz. Topaz, n. a precious stone of gold color

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To″paz (?), n. [[OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. τόπαζοσ, τοπάζιον; possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. Tepid). According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.]] 1. 1. (Min.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
2. 2. (Zoöl.)Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.
☞ The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also topaz hummer. False topaz. (Min.) See the Note under Quartz.