The spiritual qualities associated with Topaz are fruitfulness and faithfulness.
It is also said to confer cheerfulness upon its wearer. The ancients believed that it calmed the passions and prevented bad dreams; that it discovered poison by becoming obscured when in contact with it; that it quenched the heat of boiling water, and that its powers increased and decreased with the increase and decrease of the moon. Also a Topaz held in the hand of a woman at childbirth was believed to lessen suffering. Lastly, a Topaz is the gem of the month of November:
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"Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow Should prize the topaz's amber hue Emblem of friends and lovers true." |
OLIVER CUMMINGS FARRINGTON.
Description of Plate: (Left to Right) Topaz with Mica and Felspar (Russia); Topaz (Japan); Topaz (Brazil); Waterworn Topaz (Brazil); bottom — Topaz Rhyolite (Utah). Image loaned by Foote Mineral Company.
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