cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

/ ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm /

Also called Cairngorm stone.

Origin of cairngorm

1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains

My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.

Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet |Elizabeth W. Champney
Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.

Tom Brown at Rugby |Thomas Hughes
We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920 |Various
But it is not true that the Cairngorm range of mountains is a distant place to tourists.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 |Various

So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.

Cripps, the Carrier |R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

cairngorm

/ (ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm, ˌkernˈɡɒrm) /

a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also called: smoky quartz

C18: from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found