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Very good Topaz crystals also come from the Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria. In Mexico, a famous locality that produces multicolored Topaz with brownish-red tints is Tepetate, San Luis PotosÃ­; along with the Veronica Mine, Copetillo; and Villa Garcia, Zacatecas.
Topaz is also found as one of the stones in Revelation and is one of the stones of the apocalypse. In Egyptian practices, it is the symbol of Ra, the Sun god, who was the giver of life. In Europe, topaz became strongly linked with Apollo, who is also a solar being.