Citrine vs Topaz - What's the difference?
citrine | topaz |
A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
* Francis Thynne
* 1962' (quoting '''c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
A brownish-yellow quartz
Of a goldish-yellow colour
A clear, yellowish-brown gemstone.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.
(historical, British India) A black Catholic soldier in the British Army.
Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.
As nouns the difference between citrine and topaz
is that citrine is a goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon while topaz is a clear, yellowish-brown gemstone.As adjectives the difference between citrine and topaz
is that citrine is of a goldish-yellow colour while topaz is of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.citrine
English
(wikipedia citrine)Noun
(en noun)- dorr?&
- 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n.
Adjective
(-)See also
* false topaz *Anagrams
* ----topaz
English
(wikipedia topaz)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
