smoky quartz

noun

a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.

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Also called cairngorm, Cairngorm stone.

Origin:
1830–40

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smoky quartz

—n
	another name for cairngorm

[so named because of its colour]

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