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gold⋅stone

  [gohld-stohn]
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–noun
aventurine.
Origin:
1620–30; gold + stone
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a⋅ven⋅tu⋅rine

  [uh-ven-chuh-reen, -rin]
–noun
1. an opaque, brown glass containing fine, gold-colored particles.
2. any of several varieties of minerals, esp. quartz or feldspar, spangled with bright particles of mica, hematite, or other minerals.
Also, a⋅ven⋅tu⋅rin.
Also called goldstone.

Origin:
1805–15; < F, equiv.to aventure chance (see adventure ) + -ine -ine 2 ; so called because metal particles are introduced into the molten glass pell-mell (à l'aventure)
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gold·stone   (gōld'stōn')   
n.  An aventurine with gold-colored inclusions.
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