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aventurine

Syllables: aven·tur·ine/əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/US/əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/

aventurine noun: a kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.

Noun

aventurine (countable and uncountable, plural aventurines)

  1. A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
    • [pages 244–245] Aventurine is a brown glass flux, containing very small glittering particles, which give it a peculiarly glittering appearance. It was formerly manufactured into objects of art and ornament at Murano near Venice. [...] The statements which are found respecting it in technological...1843 March 1, [Friedrich] Wöhler, “Manufacture and Analysis of Aventurine Glass”, in William Francis, Henry Croft, editors, The Chemical Gazette, or Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its...
    • With 40 grms. of the bichromate, the fusion is decidedly more difficult, and the glass is filled with extremely brilliant crystals. Those persons who saw specimens of this glass, at once compared it to Venetian aventurine, and called it chrome aventurine, which name I propose to retain. [...]...1865 December, J. Pelouze [i.e., Théophile-Jules Pelouze], “On a New Aventurine, with Chrome as a Base”, in David Brewster, Robert Kane, William Francis, editors, The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin...
    Synonyms:
    goldstone
  2. (broadly) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
    • The Sandaresus, an Arabian stone, classed by Pliny [the Elder] among the Carbunculi, seems to have been our Aventurine, for he describes it as full of golden stars shining through a transparent substance, not from the surface, but from within the body of the stone. The true Aventurine, or...1860, C[harles] W[illiam] King, “Aventurine”, in Antique Gems: Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History; and as Illustrative of Ancient Art: With Hints to Gem Collectors...
    • Aventurine is a variety of grainy quartz,—not quarts of rye whiskey, which there is too much of a venture in,—but quartz of silica, gold-spangled throughout with flakes of yellow mica. [...] There are two kinds of natural aventurine; the one with its spangles of yellow mica is well known as...1872 July, George S. Burleigh, “Precious Stones. IX. Aventurine and Lapis-lazuli.”, in Oliver Optic [pseudonym; William Taylor Adams], editor, Oliver Optic’s Magazine. Our Boys and Girls, volume XII...

aventurine meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Persian

aventurine in Tamil

காப்புக் கண்ணாடி

aventurine in Malayalam

kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles
ഗോൾഡ്സ്റ്റോൺ gōḷḍsṟṟōṇ

aventurine in Persian

variety of translucent quartz
سنگ دلربا

Examples of aventurine in a sentence

  • [pages 244–245] Aventurine is a brown glass flux, containing very small glittering particles, which give it a peculiarly glittering appearance.1843 March 1, [Friedrich] Wöhler, “Manufacture and Analysis of Aventurine Glass”, in William Francis, Henry Croft, editors, The Chemical...
  • It is harder than common glass, which it scratches and cuts easily, and is especially harder than the Venetian aventurine; hence its greater value.1865 December, J. Pelouze [i.e., Théophile-Jules Pelouze], “On a New Aventurine, with Chrome as a Base”, in David Brewster, Robert Kane...
  • The true Aventurine, or Goldie-stone, is a brownish semi-transparent quartz, full of specks of yellow mica.1860, C[harles] W[illiam] King, “Aventurine”, in Antique Gems: Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History; and as...
  • Quartz with spangled inclusions is known as aventurine.1957, Dorothy M[cKenney] Schlegel, “Semiprecious Gems”, in Gem Stones of the United States (Contributions to Economic Geology; Geological...

Synonyms of aventurine

Forms of aventurine

pluralaventurines
alternative formadventurine
alternative formavanturine
alternative formaventurin

Origin of aventurine

Borrowed from French aventurine, from Italian avventurino, from avventurare (“to venture; to make lucky or prosperous”), from avventura (“chance; adventure, venture”) + -are (suffix forming the infinitive of most regular verbs), apparently so named because it was discovered by accident in Murano, Italy, when brass or copper filings were dropped into melted glass (see, however, the 1843 quotation).

Words formed from aventurine

Questions about aventurine

What does aventurine mean?
Aventurine means a kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
What is aventurine in Tamil?
Aventurine in Tamil is காப்புக் கண்ணாடி. See Aventurine meaning in Tamil.
How do you use aventurine in a sentence?
[pages 244–245] Aventurine is a brown glass flux, containing very small glittering particles, which give it a peculiarly glittering appearance.
What part of speech is aventurine?
Aventurine is a noun.
How do you pronounce aventurine?
Aventurine is pronounced /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of aventurine?
The plural of aventurine is aventurines.

Words near aventurine in the dictionary

  1. aventured
  2. aventures
  3. aventurescence
  4. aventurescent
  5. aventurin
  6. aventurine
  7. aventurines
  8. aventuring
  9. aventurins
  10. aventurization
  11. avenue

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