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noun - a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
An opaque or semitranslucent brown glass flecked with small metallic particles, often of copper or chromic oxide.
Any of several varieties of quartz or feldspar flecked with particles of mica, hematite, or other materials.
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| An undertaking to clad home in glass |
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| Feb 18 2016 The Telegraph - Toughie |
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| a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals |
| An opaque or semitranslucent brown glass flecked with small metallic particles, often of copper or chromic oxide. |
| Any of several varieties of quartz or feldspar flecked with particles of mica, hematite, or other materials. Also called sunstone. |
| Brownish glass containing sparkling particles of copper or gold. |
| A translucent mineral containing small reflective particles, especially quartz containing mica or iron compounds, or feldspar containing haematite. |
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Aventurine is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence. * The most common colour of aventurine is green, but it may also be orange, brown, yellow, blue, or grey. Chrome-bearing fuchsite (a variety of muscovite mica) is the classic inclusion, and gives a silvery green or blue sheen. Oranges and browns are attributed to hematite or goethite. Because aventurine is a rock, its physical properties vary: its specific gravity may lie between 2.64-2.69 and its hardness is somewhat lower than single-crystal quartz at around 6.5.* Aventurine feldspar or sunstone can be confused with orange and red aventurine quartzite, although the former is generally of a higher transparency. Aventurine is often banded and an overabundance of fuchsite may render it opaque, in which case it may be mistaken for malachite at first glance. * The name aventurine derives from the Italian "a ventura" meaning "by chance". This is an allusion to the lucky discovery of aventurine glass or goldstone at some point in the 18th century. One story runs that this kind of glass was originally made accidentally at Murano by a workman, who let some copper filings fall into the molten “metal,” whence the product was called avventurino. From the Murano glass the name passed to the mineral, which displayed a rather similar appearance. Although it was known first, goldstone is now a common imitation of aventurine and sunstone. Goldstone is distinguished visually from the latter two minerals by its coarse flecks of copper, dispersed within the glass in an unnaturally uniform manner. It is usually a golden brown, but may also be found in blue or green. * The majority of green and blue-green aventurine originates in India (particularly in the vicinity of Mysore and Chennai) where it is employed by prolific artisans. Creamy white, gray and orange material is found in Chile, Spain and Russia. Most material is carved into beads and figurines with only the finer examples fashioned into cabochons, later being set into jewellery. |