aventurine
A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spanglesA kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
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Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
Goldichte, Goldfluss
авантюриновое стеклоavantjurinovoje steklo, авентюриновое стеклоaventjurinovoje steklo
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
Aventurin-Quarz, Aventurin
авантюри́нavantjurín
авантюри́нavantjurýn
a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
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Origin
Borrowed from French aventurine, from Italian avventurino, from avventurare (“to venture;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).
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Forms
plural: aventurines| Singular | aventurine |
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