aventurine
noun/əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/UK/əˈvɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹɪn/US
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).
- derived from avventurino
- borrowed from aventurine
Definitions
A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.
A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.
The neighborhood
- neighborsunstone
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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