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Alternative spellings
avanturine
aventurin

Noun
aventurine

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. mineralogy A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

See also
sunstone

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• 2007-10-01 09:05 - Rhanyeia - {{mineralogy}}

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