AVENTURINE

sunstone, aventurine

(noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

aventurine (countable and uncountable, plural aventurines)

A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.

Synonym: goldstone

(mineral, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Anagrams

• uninervate

Source: Wiktionary

A*ven"tu*rine, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition