Cairngorm
smoky quartz.
Historical Examples
A Bachelor Husband Ruby M. Ayres
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
Red Hair Elinor Glyn
Witch Winnie’s Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet Elizabeth W. Champney
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things Edmund Fillingham King
Witch Winnie’s Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet Elizabeth W. Champney
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Robert Louis Stevenson
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920 Various
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
noun
a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also called smoky quartz
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