The state gem of Texas is the "Texas Blue Topaz". While Topaz gemstones naturally occur in many different colors, along with a colorless variation, the state of Texas adopted the deep blue variation as its state stone in 1969, along with a particular cut, known as the "Lone Star Cut".
The Blue Topaz
The Blue Topaz.
Texas' stone: Oligocene petrified palmwood Texas' gemstone: Texas blue topaz
It is only found in Mason County, TX
Texas does not have a State Mineral, but the State Rock is petrified palm wood, and the State Gemstone is blue topaz.
Pure topaz is colorless and transparent but is usually tinted by impurities; typical topaz is wine, yellow, pale gray, reddish-orange, or blue brown. It can also be made white, pale green, blue, gold, pink (rare), reddish-yellow or opaque to transparent/translucent.
No, you only find limestone, oil, natural gas, helium, uranium, texas blue topaz, and other mined products.
it is a December birthstone a yellow topaz is a November birthstone
you can find blue topaz in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Russia!
Topaz usually shows up as being a yellow color in it's pure state. Blue topaz appears as blue in it's natural state.
the density of the blue topaz is the mass divided by the volume