Topaz (disambiguation)

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

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

Computer related

• 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
• William Topaz McGonagall (1825-1902), a 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)