< 99 ) SIXTEENTH SPECIES. Topaz. Topa z. *—Wernei •. T octaedricus prifmaticus, Wall. t. x, p. 2ji.— *°paze da Brezil, R. d. L. t. 2. p. 23c.—Topaze de ^ JXe , Ibid p. 260—Topaz Wertt. Cronjl. p. 97 Hid. ^‘d. p. 2(57.—Occidental Topaz. Kirw. vol. 1. p. 234. "■Topaz. Efiner, b. 2. f. 98. Id. Emm. b. i. f. 374.— I'opazto, Nap. p. 136 Topaze da Brezil, de Saxe et Siberie, Lam. t. 2. p. 254—Ibid. Broch. t. 1, p. 212. Hauy, t. 2. p. 504. , External Charaders. principal colour is wine yellow, of all degrees itit Imenflt y- ^ P^ffes from the pale wine yellow j- yellowilh white, and yellowilh grey, and into greenilh white and mountain green, a ,nt0 <1 middle colour between mountain green ^ feladon green, and even into Iky blue. From w * ne yellow it pafles into llefh red, and from ]j| * nto cr lmfon red, which borders on lavender and Ue - '1 his latter variety is very rare. * Tl tb e n 16 name 1 opaz is derived from Topazos, a frail island in *lone ^ ^ e3 ’ w ^ ere ' 3 l ^ le Romans ufed to colleft this O 2 It
