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AVENTURINE [4 records]

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Record 1 2012-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Types of Glass
DEF

Having the brilliant spangled appearance of aventurine.

OBS

aventurine: A translucent quartz spangled throughout with scales of mica or other mineral.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Sortes de verre
DEF

Qui ressemble à l'aventurine; parsemé de points brillants.

CONT

L'orthose aventurinée, ou pierre de soleil, a des lamelles d'oligiste disséminées dans sa masse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A translucent quartz spangled throughout with tiny inclusions of another mineral; a grayish, greenish, brown, or yellowish quartzite that exhibits aventurescence from minute crystals, platelets, flakes, or scales of minerals such as green mica, ilmenite, hematite, and limonite.

OBS

avanturine: misspelled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Variété de quartz contenant des paillettes d'hématite ainsi que des micas rougeâtres lui conférant un éclat jaune, vert, bleu ou brun.

OBS

Est utilisée comme pierre d'ornement. Elle provient de l'Oural, du Brésil et de l'Inde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Variedad de cuarzo rojizo, con pajuelas de mica o de oligisto, que centellean al ser heridas por la luz; se usa en joyería, así como sus imitaciones de cristal con pajuelas de cobre.

CONT

[...] el cuarzo venturina, empleado en joyería, presenta inclusiones de mica o de óxido de hierro.

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Record 3 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glazing Materials (Constr.)
  • Types of Glass
  • Glass Beads and Small Glassware
DEF

A translucent, reddish-brown glass containing a multitude of tiny thin tetrahedra or hexagonal platelets of metallic copper, which exhibit bright reflections and produce a popular but poor imitation of aventurine.

OBS

[This glass is] said to have been invented by Miotti about the beginning of the 17th century. The secret was preserved in one family and in 1772 made only in one glasshouse, according to De La Lande.

OBS

avanturine glass: misspelled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux verriers (Construction)
  • Sortes de verre
  • Perles de verre et verroterie
DEF

Verre dans lequel sont diffusées des particules de cuivre (ou de silicate de cuivre) dans la masse jaune transparente.

OBS

Procédé apparemment inventé par Miotti au début du XVIIe siècle. Le secret de cette technique a été gardé dans une famille et, selon De La Lande, une seule verrerie en produisait en 1772.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Orthoclase, albite, or oligoclase that is more or less transparent, with fiery reflections from enclosed flat mineral particles, that are probably hematite or goethite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Oligoclase contenant des inclusions d'hématite qui lui confèrent un chatoiement doré et étincelant.

Spanish

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