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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An optical effect characteristic of some translucent minerals, such as aventurine, caused by the presence of tiny, aligned inclusions of other minerals and manifesting itself as brightly colored reflections.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[aventur(ine) + –escence.]
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