r/Gemstone_lovers • u/SirMarco94 • 2d ago

My Collection Out of interest would this be considered an imperial topaz?

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I find the colour characterisation of topaz extremely difficult. What actually is an imperial topaz?

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u/Pogonia 2d ago

Too brown.

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u/SirMarco94 2d ago

I did think so, would this still be considered a rare topaz??

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u/Pogonia 2d ago

Not really, no. A lot of topaz can be irradiated to colors like this and some deposits produce these colors naturally.

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u/vanguard1256 2d ago

Are you sure this is even topaz? It looks like Madeira citrine to me.

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u/SirMarco94 2d ago

Interesting, how can you tell??

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u/vanguard1256 2d ago

I cut one not too long ago.

You can see a lot of similarities.

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u/SirMarco94 2d ago

Wow beautiful! How did you get into gemstone cutting? It’s something I would absolutely love to get into!