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Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz — Quartz

Smoky quartz is the brown irradiated quartz of cairngorm brooches and modern unisex jewellery - big, clean and inexpensive. It must be sold under its own name, never as 'smoky topaz'.

Colour
brown
Transparency
Transparent
RI
1.544–1.553
SG
2.64–2.69
Mohs
7.0
Birthstone
February · November
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