aventurine glass

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• aventurine glass — avantiūrininis stiklas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Rudas stiklas, dažytas Cu ar Cr oksidais. atitikmenys: angl. aventurine glass rus. авантюриновое стекло …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• Aventurine — is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence . The most common colour of aventurine is green, but it may also be orange,… …   Wikipedia

• aventurine — [ə ven′chə rin] n. [Fr < It ( vetro) avventurino, aventurine (glass): so named from resembling the mineral avventurina (< avventura, chance), so named from its rarity: see ADVENTURE] 1. a kind of glass flecked with spangles, as from copper… …   English World dictionary

• Aventurine — A*ven tu*rine, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It. avventurino.] 1. A kind of glass, containing gold colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Aventurine feldspar — Aventurine A*ven tu*rine, n. [F. aventurine: cf. It. avventurino.] 1. A kind of glass, containing gold colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Glass production — Glass is common in everyday life, from glass windows to glass containers. The manufacture of glass for everyday purposes may involve complexity and automation. This article deals with the mass production of glass. Glass container productionGlass… …   Wikipedia

• Glass coloring and color marking — may be obtained by 1) addition of coloring ions,[1][2] by 2) precipitation of nanometer sized colloides (so called striking glasses[1] such as ruby gold [3] or red selenium ruby ),[2] 3) by colored …   Wikipedia

• aventurine — /euh ven cheuh reen , rin/, n. 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,… …   Universalium

• aventurine — noun a) A kind of glass, containing gold colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass. b) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with …   Wiktionary

• aventurine — noun Etymology: French, from aventure chance more at adventure Date: 1811 1. glass containing opaque sparkling particles of foreign material usually copper or chromic oxide 2. a translucent quartz spangled throughout with scales of mica or other… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aventurine — n. opaque glass spangled with bits of mica or other minerals …   English contemporary dictionary