FACTOID # 78: 22% of New Zealanders have used cannabis.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Topaz (disambiguation)

Topaz might refer to:

Contents

Principal meaning

  • Topaz, a mineral or gemstone

Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al2SiO4(F,OH)2. ...

In the arts

Topaz is a 1945 documentary film which was shot illegally at Japanese internment camps in the western United States during World War II. It was directed by Dave Tatsuno and has been deemed culturally significant by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film... The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people, generally in prison camps or prisons, without due process of law and a trial. ... Topaz, director Alfred Hitchcocks 51st movie, filmed between 1968 and 1969, was adapted from the book Topaz (ISBN 0-553-23547-8) by Leon Uris. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a highly influential film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... Tokyo Decadence (Topāzu) is a 1992 Japanese film. ... Topaz is a thriller novel written by Leon Uris and published in 1967. ... Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. ... Topaz is a Jazz-Funk group from Texas. ... More Indian version of Topaz as drawn by Mike Deodato for the Witches series. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Trollz is also a fictional band in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novel, Soul Music. ...

Vehicles

The Topaz was the Mercury version of the Ford Tempo. ... Mayhew Folger was the Captain of the sealing ship Topaz that rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808. ... Topaze is the designation of a French sounding rocket. ...

Computer-related

  • Mercury Topaz Monitor, a software product originally from Mercury Interactive, subsequently renamed Mercury Global Monitor after company purchased by Hewlett-Packard
  • Project Topaz, the next generation of the GNOME environment.
  • Topaz Labs, an internet company specializing in video and image enhancement
  • Topaz micro-kernel, a distributed operating system by the now defunct Digital Equipment Corporation

It has been suggested that Systinet be merged into this article or section. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Places

The Topaz Relocation Center was an internment camp which housed Nikkei -- Americans of Japanese descent and immigrants who had come to the United States from Japan. ... Delta is a city in Millard County, Utah, United States. ...

Persons

  • Code-name for Rainer Rupp, spy for East Germany who worked at NATO headquarters in Brussels (also Topas)

Rainer Rupp was a top spy who worked under the pseudonyms Mosel and later Topas for the GDR in the NATO headquarters in Brussels from 1977 until 1989, releasing documents of the highest importance to the Eastern Block. ...

Television or other media

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Trollz is also a fictional band in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novel, Soul Music. ...

Nuclear Technology

  • Topaz Nuclear Reactor, a series of lightweight nuclear reactors flown in space by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.

  Results from FactBites:
 
Topaz - LoveToKnow 1911 (1125 words)
It is believed that the topaz of modern mineralogists was unknown to the ancients, and that the stone described under the name of ToWcos, in allusion to its occurrence on an island in the Red Sea known as T01r4cos vij ros, was the mineral which is now termed chrysolite or peridot.
Topaz usually occurs in granitic and gneissose rocks, often in greisen, and is commonly associated with cassiterite, tourmaline and beryl.
Topaz occurs in the tin-drifts of New South Wales, especially in the New England district; it has been discovered in the Coolgardie goldfield, West Australia; and it is found also in the tinfields of Tasmania and on Flinders Island in Bass's Strait.
Blue Topaz (562 words)
Pure topaz istransparent but is usually tinted by impurities; typical topaz is wine or straw- yellow.They may also be white, gray, green, blue, or reddish -yellow and transparent or translucent.
Topaz is found associated with the more acid rocks of the granite and rhyolite type and may be found with fluorite and cassiterite.
The name "topaz" is derived from the Greek "to seek," which was thename of an island in the Red Sea that wasdifficult to find and from which a yellow stone (now believed to be a yellowish olivine) was mined in ancient times.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.