aventurine

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from + , 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).

Noun

 * 1) A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
 * 2)  A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
 * 1)  A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
 * 1)  A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
 * 1)  A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
 * 1)  A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Translations

 * French: verre aventuriné
 * German: Goldichte, Goldfluss
 * Italian: avventurina
 * Japanese: ゴールドストーン
 * Malayalam: ഗോൾഡ്സ്റ്റോൺ
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: aventurinfeltspat
 * Polish: szkło awenturynowe, kamieniem tysiąca słońc
 * Russian: авантюриновое стекло, авентюриновое стекло
 * Swedish: aventuringlas


 * Armenian: ավենտուրին
 * Azerbaijani: aventurin
 * Bulgarian: авантюрин
 * Catalan: aventurina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: aventurin
 * Danish: aventurin
 * Dutch: aventurien, aventurijn
 * Estonian: aventuriin, avanturiin
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Aventurin-Quarz,
 * Hebrew: אַוָונְטוּרִין
 * Italian: avventurina
 * Japanese: 砂金石
 * Kazakh: авантюрин
 * Latvian: avanturīns
 * Limburgish: aventurien
 * Lithuanian: avantiurinas
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: aventurin, aventurinkvarts
 * Persian: سنگ دلربا
 * Polish:, , kwarc awenturynowy
 * Portuguese: aventurina
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: aventurin
 * Slovak: avanturín
 * Spanish: aventurina,
 * Swedish: aventurin
 * Ukrainian: авантюри́н
 * Uzbek:
 * Cyrillic: авантюрин
 * Roman: avantyurin
 * Yakut: авантюрин

Etymology
From.