cairngorm

American  

[kairn-gawrm] / ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm /

noun

1. smoky quartz.

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cairngorm British  

/ ˌkernˈɡɒrm, ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm /

noun

1. Also called: smoky quartz.  a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone

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Etymology

Origin of cairngorm

1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains

Example Sentences

Rising, she pinned a cairngorm brooch at her neck, and went down to dinner.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

She wore her best black dress and her lace collar with the big cairngorm brooch; for the minister and his wife were expected to tea.

From Treasure Valley by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

Here is the first list; it lengthened speedily: thistle, tartan, haar, haggis, kirk, claymore, parritch, broom, whin, sporran, whaup, plaid, scone, collops, whiskey, mutch, cairngorm, oatmeal, brae, kilt, brose, heather.

From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The beryl green and the cairngorm brown Of the day through the deep leaves sifted down.

From The Garden of Dreams by Cawein, Madison J.

There’s the sweetest oxydised buckle with a cairngorm in the centre that would be the making of my grey dress.

From A College Girl by Groome, William H. C.