Definitions for: Aventurine

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: sunstone

See Also: goldstone, quartz, transparent gem

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