aventurine

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/, /əˈvɛn.tjʊə.ɹɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/, /əˈvɛn.t͡ʃəˌɹin/ Hyphenation: aven‧tur‧ine === Noun === aventurine (countable and uncountable, plural aventurines) A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles. Synonym: goldstone (mineralogy, by extension) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica. ==== Alternative forms ==== adventurine, avanturine, aventurin ==== Derived terms ==== aventurescence aventurization ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sunstone === References === === Further reading === aventurine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “aventurine”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Avanturine”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. === Anagrams === uninervate == French == === Etymology === From aventure +‎ -ine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.ty.ʁin/ === Noun === aventurine f (plural aventurines) aventurine === Further reading === “aventurine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012