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cairngorm

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cairn·gorm  (kârngôrm)
n.
See smoky quartz.
[After the Cairngorm (Mountains).]
cairngorm [ˈkɛənˌgɔːm ˌkernˈgɒrm]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also called smoky quartz
[from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cairngormcairngorm - a smoky yellow or brown quartz      
smoky quartz
quartz - a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
Translations
cairngorm [ˈkɛənˌgɔːm] n → quarzo affumicato
cairngorm [ˈkɛənˌgɔːm] n → quarzo affumicato


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O'Dowd's large Cairngorm brooch and superb Irish diamonds, and wouldn't believe that they were not from Golconda direct.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
And then he led away the talk to their home in Devonshire, and the red, bright earth, and the deep green combes, and the peat streams like cairngorm pebbles, and the wild moor with its high, cloudy tors for a giant background to the picture, till Tom got jealous, and stood up for the clear chalk streams, and the emerald water meadows and great elms and willows of the dear old royal county, as he gloried to call it.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
In each of the sisters there was one trait of the mother--and only one; the thin and pallid elder daughter had her parent's Cairngorm eye: the blooming and luxuriant younger girl had her contour of jaw and chin--perhaps a little softened, but still imparting an indescribable hardness to the countenance otherwise so voluptuous and buxom.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
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