Smoky quartz

Smoky Quartz

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Smoky quartz

Smoky quartz or Smokey quartz is a brown to black variety of quartz

Quartz

Quartz is the most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust . It is made up of a Crystal structure of silica tetrahedra. Quartz has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale and a density of 2.65 g/cm?....
caused through the natural (or artificial) irradiation

Irradiation

Irradiation is the process by which an item is exposed to radiation. The exposure can be intentional, sometimes to serve a specific purpose, or it can be accidental....
of aluminium

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
-containing rock crystal.

ry dark brown to black opaque variety is known as morion.

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Smoky quartz or Smokey quartz is a brown to black variety of quartz

Quartz

Irradiation

Irradiation is the process by which an item is exposed to radiation. The exposure can be intentional, sometimes to serve a specific purpose, or it can be accidental....
of aluminium

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
-containing rock crystal.

Varieties

Morion

A very dark brown to black opaque variety is known as morion. Morion is the German, Danish, Spanish and Polish synonym for smoky quartz.

Cairngorm

Cairngorm is a variety of smoky quartz crystal

Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions....
found in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland

Scotland

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. It usually has a smokey yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are a grey-brown.

Like other quartz gems, it is a silicon dioxide

Silicon dioxide

The chemical compound 'silicon dioxide', also known as 'silica' , is an oxide of silicon with a chemical formula of and has been known for its hardness since antiquity....
crystal, with a small amount of ferric oxide impurity which gives it the characteristic colour.

It is used in Scottish jewellery

Jewellery

Jewellery is an item of personal adornment, such as a necklace, ring , brooch or bracelet, that is worn by a person. It may be made from gemstones or precious metals, but may be from any other material, and may be appreciated because of geometric or other patterns, or meaningful symbols....
and as a decoration on kilt

Kilt

The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century....
pins and the handles of sgian dubh

Sgian Dubh

The sgian dubh is a ceremonial knife worn as part of the modern Scotland Scottish apparel along with the kilt. It is worn tucked into the hose with only the pommel visible....
s (anglicised: skean dhu). The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg

Kilogram

The kilogram or kilogrammeThe spelling kilogram is used by the International Committee for Weights and Measures and the U.S....
(52 pound

Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
) specimen kept at Braemar Castle

Braemar Castle

File:Braemar Castle 1.jpgFile:Grampian Map Braemar Castle.pngBraemar Castle is a castle near Braemar in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland....
.

Smoky quartz

Varieties

Morion

Cairngorm

See also

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