| Pronunciation: | | u'venchurin
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[n] a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals |
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AVENTURINE is a 10 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | sunstone |
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| | See Also: | | goldstone, quartz, transparent gem |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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