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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.
Marzipan history. The word âmarzipanâ is derived from German Marzipan or Italian marzapane, most likely after St. Marcus; the Estonian name is martsipan. This product is an elastic paste made of grated, powdered almonds and powdered sugar.arzipan has a sweet and long history, closely related to advent of almonds, the primary component of marzipan. As legend has it, marzipan was invented in Italy in a year of especially bad harvest when at certain point the only remaining product was almond.