Topaz

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Topaz is a somewhat valuable gem that comes in a variety of colors, though it is often yellow.


List of Topazes

Note: The rarities listed are estimates and depend on the status of the treasure system in the area hunted. Average values listed are approximations and are generally taken from the sell values of a character selling gems with no trading bonus. See the Trading article for more information on variations of sell values.
Rarity:
Average value:
Location: Any

a blue topaz

Description:   Some of the crystal planes that make up a blue topaz are frosted while others are transparent, displaying the cornflower blue color to great advantage. Small, black inclusions near the base look like dark stars against the milky streak that runs from top to bottom.


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Average value:
Location: Any

a clear topaz

Description:   Some of the crystal planes that make up a clear topaz are frosted while others are transparent, displaying its perfect colorlessness to great advantage. Small, black inclusions near the base look like dark stars against the milky streak that runs from top to bottom.


Rarity:
Average value: 350
Location: Any

a golden topaz

Description:   Some of the crystal planes that make up a golden topaz are frosted while others are transparent, displaying the deep golden color to great advantage. Small, black inclusions near the base look like dark stars against the milky streak that runs from top to bottom.


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Average value:
Location: Elven Nations

a green errisian topaz

Description:   The pale, perfect color of this green stone carries a certain distinctive beauty despite the chipping and stress marks visible along several of its surfaces. At the base, the exposed crystal gleams where this smaller crystal was cleaved from some greater formation. It is roughly the size and shape of a halfling's thumb.


Rarity:
Average value: 700 - 900
Location: Elven Nations

an orange imperial topaz

Description:   Vermilion crosses with a rich, earth brown hue in this translucent stone, forming a gem both dark and fiery. Many thin scratches mar the surface of the water-smoothed jewel, but its quality is evident beyond the surface damage.


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Location: Sanctum of Scales

a Phoen's eye topaz

Description:   Whorls of intense sky blue spread through the pale yellow of the gemstone. It is shaped roughly like an eye, its facets tapering toward a point at either end.


Rarity:
Average value: 400
Location: Any

a pink topaz

Description:   Some of the crystal planes that make up a pink topaz are frosted while others are transparent, displaying the blush pink color to great advantage. Small, black inclusions near the base look like dark stars against the milky streak that runs from top to bottom.


Rarity:
Average value: 500
Location: Hinterwilds

a royal blue boreal topaz

Description:   The topaz's hue is the intense, dark blue of the night just before dawn. Its shine is cold fire, winking ceruleans and striking teals blazing like trapped starlight in the heart of the gem.


Rarity:
Average value: 500
Location: Any

a smoky topaz

Description:   Some of the crystal planes that make up a smoky topaz are frosted while others are transparent, displaying the smoky brown haze inside to great advantage. Small, black inclusions near the base look like dark stars against the milky streak that runs from top to bottom.