Aventurine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An opaque or semitranslucent brown glass flecked with small metallic particles, often of copper or chromic oxide.
  • n. Any of several varieties of quartz or feldspar flecked with particles of mica, hematite, or other materials. Also called sunstone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
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    Cross Reference
    sunstone   
    Hyponym
    goldstone