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Venturine vs Aventurine - What's the difference?

venturine | aventurine |

As nouns the difference between venturine and aventurine

is that venturine is gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning while aventurine is 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.

venturine

English

Noun

(-)
  • Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.
    • (Webster 1913)

    aventurine

    English

    (wikipedia aventurine)

    Alternative forms

    * avanturine, aventurin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • (mineral) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

    • See also

    * sunstone ----