smoky quartz

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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 of smoky quartz

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby smoky quartz

smoko, smoky, smoky eye, Smoky Hill, Smoky Mountains, smoky quartz, Smoky River, smoky topaz, smolder, Smolensk, Smollett

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How to use smoky quartz in a sentence

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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They measured the amount of different isotopes of xenon trapped in quartz crystals.
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Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter.
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They also ran the second-most important ad of the season, painting Quinn as a creature of a smoky backroom.
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We see Lauren, covered in sweat, dancing nervously in the middle of a smoky, caliginous, gay S&M club.
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The plan, however, remains in use to this day in many mines, and is frequently spoken of under the name of quartz-crusher.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
It'll be a sure enough smoky one, too, with this mixture uh dry grass an' the new growth springin' up.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A crushing machine, now called "quartz-crusher," also formed part of this additional order.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Quartz consists of pure silica, and when in large masses is one of the most indestructible rocks.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
With the exception of quartz and augite, these names are, however, representatives of different classes of minerals.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for smoky quartz

smoky quartz

noun

another name for cairngorm

Word Origin for smoky quartz

so named because of its colour

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