About The Word Aventurine
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Aventurine
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What's The Definition Of Aventurine?
[n] a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
Synonyms | Synonyms for Aventurine: sunstone Related Terms | Find terms related to Aventurine: See Also | goldstone | quartz | transparent gem Aventurine In Webster's Dictionary \A*ven"tu*rine\, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It.
avventurino.]
1. A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was
produced in the first place by the accidental (par
aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of
melted glass.
2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
{Aventurine feldspar}, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
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