﻿ Using Stones for Personal Growth.  Bronzite or Topaz: Non-
interference.  Using Stones for Personal Growth  by John and
Micki Baumann  Printer friendly version of this page (.pdf
format)  Bronzite or Topaz:  Non-interference  Bronzite is a
light to dark brown opaque form of enstatite that has a metallic
or silky luster. It contains tiny flecks of golden pyrite, and
this makes the stone look almost like bronze. Bronzite is mined
in Brazil, Germany, Austria, South Africa, Greenland and USA. 
Most people think of Topaz as a golden amber stone, but it also
comes in yellow, blue, and clear.  It is composed of an igneous
mineral that forms in an orthorhombic crystalline structure in
pegmatites and high temperature quartz veins, and it is mined
mainly in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Russia.  The name
"topaz" comes from Topazos, an old name for the island of
Zebirget in the Red Sea.  The ancient Greeks called topaz "The
Stone of Strength" and used it widely in healing.  The
crystalline structure of Bronzite (or To