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Aventurine

Aventurine Meaning & Definition
Aventurine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aventurine?

[n] a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aventurine: sunstone

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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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