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smoky quartz
noun
- a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
smoky quartz
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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.
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The hard ore is siliceous, and fine crystallized specimens occur in association with smoky quartz.
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Our own western mountains furnish considerable yellow and smoky quartz fit for cutting.
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The "Spanish topaz" is sometimes the result of heating smoky quartz from Cordova province in Spain.
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We lay on the turf covering a ledge of smoky quartz thrust like a wedge into the marsh.
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