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Semi Precious Stone Smoky Quartz

Smoky quartz is in the color of grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray or black crystal. It is a silicon dioxide crystal, like the other quartz gems. From free silicon,the smoky color is formed from the silicon dioxide by natural irradiation. It is the color of very dark brown to black opaque variety is known as morion. Morion is the German, Danish, Spanish and Polish language synonym for smoky quartz. The name is from a misreading of mormorion in Pliny the Elder. It is the density of 5.4. Cairngorm is one of the smoky quartz crystal found in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. It usually has a smoky yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are greyish-brown. The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 lb) specimen kept at Braemar Castle.

Smoky Quartz

Historical Facts Of Smoky Quartz

Refractive Index:1.54-1.55

Chemical composition: Sio2

Hardness:7

Density: 2.65

Crystal system:Hexagonal

Zodiac Sign:scorpio

Month of the Year:June

Color Information: ‎ Brown, Black

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