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aventurine
(encz) | aventurine,aventurin n: Zdeněk Brož |
Aventurine
(gcide) | 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.
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2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
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Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
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aventurine
(wn) | aventurine
n 1: a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other
minerals [syn: sunstone, aventurine] |
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Aventurine
(gcide) | 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.
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2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
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Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
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Aventurine feldspar
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
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Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
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