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AVENTURINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aventurine mean? 

AVENTURINE (noun)
  The noun AVENTURINE has 1 sense:

1. a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other mineralsplay

  Familiarity information: AVENTURINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AVENTURINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aventurine; sunstone

Hypernyms ("aventurine" is a kind of...):

quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aventurine"):

goldstone (aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles)


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