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See also:AVENTURINE, or AVANTURINE , a variety of See also:quartz containing spangles of See also:mica or scales of See also:iron-See also:oxide, which confer brilliancy on the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone. It is found chiefly in the Ural Mountains, and is cut for ornamental purposes at See also:Ekaterinburg. Some of the Siberian aventurine, like that of the See also:- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
vase given by See also:Nicholas I. to See also:Sir R. See also:Murchison, in 1843, is a micaceous iron-stained quartz, of but little beauty. Most aventurine is of reddish See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown or yellow See also:colour, but a See also:green variety, containing scales of fuchsite or chrome-mica, is also known. This green aventurine, highly valued by the See also:Chinese, is said to occur in the See also:Bellary See also:district in See also:India.
Aventurine See also:felspar, known also as See also:Sun-stone (q.v.) is found principally at Tvedestrand in See also:south See also:Norway, and is a variety of See also:oligoclase enclosing micaceous scales of See also:haematite. Other kinds of felspar, even See also:orthoclase, may however also show the aventurine See also:appearance. Both plagioclastic and orthoclastic aventurine occur at several localities in the See also:United States.
The See also:mineral aventurine takes its name from the well-known aventurine-See also:glass of See also:Venice. This is a reddish brown glass with See also:gold-like spangles, more brilliant than most of the natural stone. The See also:story runs that this See also:kind of glass was originally made accidentally at See also:Murano by a workman, who let some See also:copper filings fall into the molten " See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal," whence the product was called avventurino. From the Murano glass the name passed to the mineral, which displayed a rather similar appearance. (F. W.
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