τόπαζος, ὁ,
a gem of green hue [[(1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.107)] Refs 1st c.AD+], hence probably chrysolite or peridot, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.329 (Leon. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.5, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1121, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 278 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—also τόπαζον, τό, Eust.ad [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta [same place] ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοπάζιον, [[ LXX.Exo.28.17, LXX.Psa.118(119).127, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.39, NT.Rev.21.20:—Pliny (“HN” [same place])] LXX+1st c.BC+] gives the name of topazon (variant topazium) to two varieties. (From the Trogodyte language accusative to [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor ] Refs 1st c.AD+] [same place]; perhaps the same as ταβάσιος.)