Imperial Topaz is a variety of the mineral topaz. For information about topaz please click the article tab at the top of the page, or click -here-.

This variety of topaz was named 'Imperial Topaz' because of the connection of this variety of topaz to the Russian royal family. After it was first discovered in Russia, ownership of the mineral was reserved to the Russian royal family and people who were given the mineral, by the Russian royal family, as a gift. Historically, the term imperial topaz was used when the mineral was orange in colour with red dichroism. Today, the term imperial topaz includes other colours such as pink and red but excludes topaz that is coloured yellow or brown.

The MIROFOSS database offers free printable geological identification tags for personal and non-profit use. These tags can be used to properly identify mineral samples in your collection. -Click here- to download a full size jpeg image for a imperial topaz identification tag; which can be printed on paper or used with a plastic laser printer.

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