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cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

cairngorm

/ ˌkernˈɡɒrm; ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm /

noun

  1. a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also calledsmoky quartz
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cairngorm1

1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cairngorm1

C18: from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found
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Rising, she pinned a cairngorm brooch at her neck, and went down to dinner.

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The cairngorm eyes of the elder damsel were opened to their full width with the far-seeing blindness of a somnambulist.

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Doreen darted forth such a golden flash from her cairngorm eyes as flooded the heart of the tempest-tossed young man with a gleam of sunshine.

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Ornaments were worn wherever there was a place for them, but the only jewels were cairngorms, and they were always set in silver.

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Serpentine abounds in several places, especially at Portsoy, where it is known as 'Portsoy marble', and Scotch topazes or cairngorm stones are found on the mountains in the south.

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