Topaz (disambiguation)
# 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.
