Aventurine
Aventurine
A glass containing opaque sparkling particles of foreign material, which is usually copper or chromic oxide. With copper particles, it is called gold aventurine, and with chromic oxide particles, it is called chrome aventurine or green aventurine. A glass containing gold-colored inclusions.
A translucent quartz that is spangled throughout with scales of mica or of some other mineral
As an adj., having the brilliant spangled appearance of aventurine. Applied esp. to transparent or translucent quartz or feldspar containing shiny inclusions
A variety of albite with reddish reflections from exsolved hematite in certain planes