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smoky quartz

noun

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


smoky quartz

noun

  1. another name for cairngorm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smoky quartz1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smoky quartz1

so named because of its colour
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Example Sentences

All measured examples were made of local material and except for one made of smoky quartz, all were patinated.

The hard ore is siliceous, and fine crystallized specimens occur in association with smoky quartz.

Our own western mountains furnish considerable yellow and smoky quartz fit for cutting.

The "Spanish topaz" is sometimes the result of heating smoky quartz from Cordova province in Spain.

We lay on the turf covering a ledge of smoky quartz thrust like a wedge into the marsh.

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