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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Aventurine (0.02300 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aventurine
aventurine
n : a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other
minerals [syn:
sunstone]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aventurine
Aventurine
\A*ven"tu*rine\, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It.
avventurino.]
1. 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.
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2. (Min.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled
throughout with scales of yellow mica.
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Aventurine feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with internal
firelike reflections due to the presence of minute
crystals, probably of hematite; sunstone.
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