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AVENTURINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
Synonyms:
aventurine; sunstone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aventurine" is a kind of...):
quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)
transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aventurine"):
goldstone (aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles)
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