It was a fragment of polished stone, a fragment of what appeared to have once been a beveled, rectangular solid.
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It was about the size of a fist.
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It was a yellowish stone, with an intricate and unusual brownish discoloration at the point where it had apparently been broken from a larger stone.
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"What is it?" she asked.
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"I am not sure," I said.
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"I think it is a topaz".
I turned the object slowly in my hand.
It was a fragment of polished stone, a fragment of what appeared to have once been a beveled, rectangular solid.
It was about the size of a fist.
It was a yellowish stone, with an intricate and unusual brownish discoloration at the point where it had apparently been broken from a larger stone.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I am not sure," I said.
"I think it is a topaz".
- (Rogue of Gor, Chapter )