Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compact columnar variety of topaz, from the tin-mines of Saxony and Bohemia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
massive subcolumnar variety oftopaz .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "thick".
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