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Actions	cairngorm, or smoky quartz Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberP12051 Titlecairngorm, or smoky quartz DescriptionSingle crystal of smoky quartz (or cairngorm). Cairngorm is a variety of smoky quartz crystal found in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. It usually has a smokey yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are a grey-brown. Like other quartz gems, it is a silicon dioxide crystal, with a small amount of ferric oxide impurity which gives it the characteristic colour. It is used in Scottish jewellery and as a decoration on kilt pins and the handles of sgian dubhs (anglicised: skean dhu). The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 pound) specimen kept at Braemar Castle. Object namecairngorm, quartz, smoky Object categoryMineral Dimensions length: 5.7 cm width: 2.1 cm height: 2.2 cm

Object numberP12051

Titlecairngorm, or smoky quartz

DescriptionSingle crystal of smoky quartz (or cairngorm). Cairngorm is a variety of smoky quartz crystal found in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. It usually has a smokey yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are a grey-brown. Like other quartz gems, it is a silicon dioxide crystal, with a small amount of ferric oxide impurity which gives it the characteristic colour. It is used in Scottish jewellery and as a decoration on kilt pins and the handles of sgian dubhs (anglicised: skean dhu). The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 pound) specimen kept at Braemar Castle.

Object namecairngorm, quartz, smoky

Object categoryMineral

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