| Name: | Aventurine |
| Derivation: | From "avventura" (Italian) chance |
| Description: | Opaque and green with glinty bits in. These are bits of mica or hematite. You can get blue Aventurine as well. |
The stone is called after aventurine glass (see right), a brown spangled kind of Venetian glass. It was called "avventura" because it was discovered by chance.
