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Definition of Aventurine

Aventurine
Aventurine 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.

Meaning of Aventurine from wikipedia

- Aventurine is a form of quartzite, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening...
- Aventurine SA (Gr****: ΑΒΕΝΤΟΥΡΙΝ ΑΕ, romanized: AVENTOURIN AE) is a Gr**** independent video game developer and publisher founded in 2003, located in Athens...
- sunstone but apart from the aventurine-like look and the colour, they don't share anything in their structure. Additionally, "aventurine" gl**** is one of the...
- recipes, Venetian/Murano gl****makers strived for beauty with their gl****. Aventurine gl****, also known as goldstone gl****, is translucent brownish with metallic...
- m****ively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Aventurine SA that combined real-time action and strategy in a fantasy setting. The...
- the stone an appearance something like that of aventurine, hence sunstone is known also as "aventurine-feldspar". The optical effect is called schiller...
- colour. In aventurine quartz chrome-bearing fuchsite produces a green stone, and various iron oxides produce a red stone. The words aventurine and aventurescence...
- are so numerous that they also influence the material's body colour. In aventurine quartz, chrome-bearing fuchsite makes for a green stone and various iron...
- Jules (1884) [1867]. Le Livre de Cuisine (in French) (6th ed.). Parangon-Aventurine. ISBN 978-2-84190-056-5. Retrieved 2023-07-04. Gouffé, Jules (1869). The...
- and the island became famous, initially for gl**** beads and mirrors. Aventurine gl**** was invented on the island, and for a while Murano was the main...