Properties

Aventurine is a unique gemstone, endowed with beautiful tones of green. No matter what cut this gemstone is given, its reflective inclusions will ensure that the gemstone always sparkles when light hits its surface. When Venetian glassmakers accidentally made a beautiful piece of glass that resembled the surface of this gemstone, it was named aventurine, from the Italian "a ventura", meaning "by chance". Read on if you want to know more about the amazing aventurine!

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Spirituality

The spiritual qualities of aventurine include: Determination, opportunity, abundance and luck. The fine aventurine is said to be a gemstone of leadership and assertiveness, making it ideal to help seize new opportunities. This gemstone is often described as desirable and auspicious as it is associated with wealth. Aventurine is also said to promote creativity and well-being.

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Legend

According to folklore, aventurine has long been considered a particularly auspicious gemstone. It has even been said that buying your lottery ticket with an aventurine in your left pocket would bring good luck.

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Gemology

Aventurine is part of the quartz family and consists mainly of silicone and oxygen. It varies in color from medium to dark green, marred by inclusions of fuchsite in the gemstone. The aventurine exhibits a metallic shimmering effect that has been named aventurescence, precisely after the gemstone itself. Along with the rest of the quartz family, aventurine is categorized as 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. Aventurine can be mined in Brazil, India, Russia, USA, Japan, Tanzania and Greenland.