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cairngorm

American

[kairn-gawrm] / ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm /

noun

smoky quartz.

cairngorm British

/ ˌkernˈɡɒrm, ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm /

noun

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

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cairngorm

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

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

She had a ribbon of the MacGregor tartan on her cap, and an uncompromising cairngorm fastened her fichu of valuable point lace.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

For ten long minutes they stood talking, driving poor Gimblet to the desperate expedient of entering the shop and demanding a closer acquaintance with the cairngorm.

From The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story by Mrs. Charles Bryce

Even the bald space at one side of the Glengarry cap glistened, as did the cairngorm brooch on the shoulder and the tops of the silver buttons.

From Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

Serpentine abounds in several places, especially at Portsoy, where it is known as 'Portsoy marble', and Scotch topazes or cairngorm stones are found on the mountains in the south.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

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