| Aventurine occurs in colours peach/orange, green, | | | | Aventurine are due to the inclusion of the mineral |
| red, blue and brown, and so is easily confused with | | | | green fuschite. Orange, red, and brown hues are due |
| other gemstone material such as amazonite and jade. | | | | to the inclusion of goethite or hematite. It is known |
| Green aventurine happened when, at the time of | | | | for its translucency (or often, opacity) and |
| formation, the quartz melted and included such | | | | "aventurescence," a word describing the mineral |
| minerals as mica, pyrite and hematite. | | | | inclusions which make the rock shimmer or glisten. |
| Considered by gems healers to be one of the | | | | Earning a 6.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, with a |
| Mothers' of all healing stones, aventurine has been | | | | refractive index of 1.55, Aventurine is often mistaken |
| bestowed with many healing properties. The main | | | | for amazonite or jade. Aventurine has a dull vitreous |
| healing benefit that aventurine is linked with is | | | | luster, and a hexagonal crystal system. Conchodial |
| mentally based, helping to achieve clarity of mind and | | | | fractures and brittle tenacity are other common |
| thoughts. | | | | features of Aventurine. It has sometimes been dyed |
| Aventurine is associated with the 4th chakra, the | | | | green and sold as jade, an illegal practice, but due to |
| heart. | | | | its similarity to this other, more precious, stone. It has |
| Aventurine's name is Italian, coming from the | | | | been found in Tanzania, India, Chile, Spain, Russia, |
| expression "a ventura," or "by chance." It refers to | | | | Madagascar, Spain, Austria, the United States of |
| the discovery of Aventurine by Venetian glass | | | | America, Japan, and Brazil. It is used in jewelry, as |
| workers sometime in the 18th century. Aventurine is | | | | well as for ornamental purposes, such as figurines, |
| a form of quartz, and is very similar to goldstone and | | | | vases, and bowls. Aventurine is claimed to be a lucky |
| sunstone. Another name for Aventurine is Indian jade. | | | | talisman, favored by gamblers, and also has supposed |
| Aventurine is most often green, but can also be | | | | healing and calming properties. It is said to be able to |
| orange, brown, blue, gray, peach, greenish-blue, | | | | calm a troubled spirit. |
| bluish-white, bluish-green, or yellow. The green hues in | | | | |