Topaz is a mineral or gemstone.

Topaz may also refer to:

Arts

Fictional characters and places

  • Topaz (Marvel Comics), a comic book sorceress
  • Agent Topaz, a character from the anime Sonic X
  • Topaz Trollhopper, a character from the animated series Trollz
  • Topaz Mortmain, a character from Dodie Smith's novel I Capture the Castle and its subsequent film adaptation
  • Topaz, a character in Steven Universe
  • Topaz, a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail

Film and television

  • Topaz (1945 film), an amateur film documenting the World War II Japanese-American internment camp Topaz
  • Topaz (1969 film), a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the novel by Leon Uris
  • Topaz (1991 film), a Japanese film
  • Topacio, (Spanish for Topaz), a 1984 Venezuelan telenovela

Literature

  • "Sir Thopas", one of The Canterbury Tales
  • Topaz (novel), a 1967 novel by Leon Uris

Music

  • Topaz (The Rippingtons album), 1999
  • Topaz (Erik Friedlander album), 1999
  • Topaz (Israel Nash album), 2021
  • Topaz, a band consisting of Billy Cross, Rob Stoner and Jasper Hutchison
  • "Topaz", an instrumental song by Journey from their self-titled debut album Journey
  • "Topaz", a song by the B-52s from their album Cosmic Thing
  • "Topaz", a 2015 single by Jupiter

Biology

  • Topaz (apple), a variety of apple
  • Topaz (hummingbird), two species of hummingbirds in the genus Topaza
  • Ruby topaz (Chrysolampis mosquitus), a species of hummingbird
  • Topaz, a protein crystallography-related product of the company Fluidigm

Organizations

  • Topaz (bookmaker), in Azerbaijan
  • Topaz Energy, a defunct petroleum retail chain in Ireland purchased by Circle K
  • TOPAZ (think tank), in the Czech Republic
  • Topaz, the Ruby (programming language) implementation
  • Topaz, the proprietary file format developed for the Amazon Kindle e-reader
  • Topaz, the codename for HTC Touch Diamond2, a smartphone by HTC
  • Project ToPaZ, an early codename for the GNOME 3 environment

People

  • Dudu Topaz (1946–2009), Israeli TV personality and actor
  • Topaz, a cryptonym for Rainer Rupp (b. 1945), spy for East Germany who worked at NATO headquarters in Brussels
  • Topaz Luk (b. 1992), Israeli government spokesperson
  • William Topaz McGonagall (1825-1902), Scottish poet
  • Topaz Winters (b. 1999) Pen name of poet Priyanka Aiyer

Places

Australia

  • Topaz, Queensland, a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia

United States

  • Topaz, California
  • Topaz, Missouri
  • Topaz Hotel, Washington, D.C.
  • Topaz War Relocation Center, west of Delta, Utah

Vehicles

  • Ekolot KR-030 Topaz, a Polish ultralight aircraft
  • Mercury Topaz, a car made by Ford Motor Company from 1984 to 1994
  • Topper Topaz, a sailing dinghy which can be rigged with 1, 2 or 3 sails
  • The Future Imagery Architecture radar imaging satellites

Vessels

  • Topaz (ship), the sailing ship captained by Mayhew Folger that rediscovered Pitcairn Island
  • Topaz (yacht), luxury motor yacht constructed by Lürssen in 2012

Other uses

  • TOPAZ nuclear reactor, a series of lightweight nuclear reactors flown in space by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation
  • An apprentice in a lascar ship's crew
  • Topasses, a group of people of Portuguese descent in East Timor.

See also

  • Topaze (disambiguation)