01 n. A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some bra…
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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.
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A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.(Min.)
Phrases & compounds
Aventurine feldspar —
a variety of oligoclase with internal firelike reflections due to the presence of minute crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.