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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aventurine \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aventurine n : a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals [syn: {sunstone}]
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