Smoky quartz

Smoky Quartz, also known as cairngorm or moorland topaz, was a variety of quartz that was often found in massive deposits. The black variety of this stone was called morion and was used in necromancy.

Description
Smoky quartz ranged in color from brownish-yellow to brown to black and was usually brilliant cut into faceted gems regularly used to decorate weapons. Morion was used in magical inks and as a necromantic spell component. A typical specimen had a base value of 50 gp.

Smoky quartz was considered sacred by followers of Mask&mdash;appropriate for sacrifice, or to be consecrated for use, or recognized as boons or omens when found.

Powers
When bones were immersed in a solution that included morion they became hard as steel and immune to hostile necromantic effects. For example, a magic item made with morion-treated bone could not be affected by a rival necromancer who attempted to disrupt its magical function by targeting the bone material.

Cultural Significance
Smoky quartz was a common stone among the drow, a gem worn by drow of average station, albeit they used only blue ones.

Smoky quartz was sacred to the dark Chultan demigod Eshowdow.