Bible Dictionaries
Aventurine

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aventurine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aventurine.html. 1828.