Thesaurus: aventurine

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1. n. 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. n. A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
3. n. a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
4. 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. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
5. A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout withscales of yellow mica. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase withinternal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals,probably of hematite; sunstone.
6. n a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals