smoky quartz

noun

: a yellow or smoky-brown crystalline quartz

called also cairngorm

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That idea really inspired my semi-precious cord collection of clear, rose, and smoky quartz necklaces, which are meant to be layered and feel easy. Freya Drohan, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2026 Guest miners will have the chance to find all kinds of minerals, including sapphire, moonstone, smoky quartz, and ruby. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025 Moini continues to craft eye-catching earrings by hand in his Manhattan studio out of turquoise, Czech glass stones, pearls and smoky quartz for online retailer The SIL. Khanh T.l. Tran, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025 Hers is a bewitching world in which nephrite jade cacti rings vie for space with anodized aluminum pot plant earrings, and punchy lozenges of blue chalcedony and faceted smoky quartz. Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 In terms of stones, there’s a lot of amethyst and smoky quartz cut into ‘split cabochons’, and perhaps, more unusually for jewelry, some ulexite (or ‘TV stone’). Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 The grounding influence of the smoky quartz crystal, however, can help Capricorn stay focused, enhancing their ability to achieve their goals with a clear mindset, practitioners say. Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of smoky quartz was in 1823

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“Smoky quartz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoky%20quartz. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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