smoky topaz

noun

, Jewelry.

1. smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smoky topaz¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Claudia looked at her guide’s skin and thought of smoky topaz: November, her mother’s birthstone.

From Literature

Didst mark the ghostly gold of this grave, still, Conceited minnow thro' these twisted roots, Thrust o'er the smoky topaz of this rill, Dull-slumbering here?

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My last specimen was a smoky topaz of mild, dark transparency.

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“That's a smoky topaz,” said Nikolay Parfenovitch, smiling.

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There were also golden and smoky topaz and beryl, in great profusion.

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