noun
- a translucent to opaque quartz or glass containing sparkling inclusions, typically reddish-brown or green, used in jewelry and decorative objects
Usage: also spelled aventurine; the mineral form is a variety of quartz; the glass form is synthetic
Examples
- The jeweler crafted a beautiful pendant from green aventurin stone.
- Aventurin beads are popular in handmade jewelry because of their attractive sparkle.
- The museum displayed a collection of aventurin artifacts from the Renaissance.
- She wore an aventurin bracelet that caught the light with its golden flecks.
- Aventurin glass was developed in Venice as an imitation of the natural stone.