A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Quartz, aventurine |
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| Description | Aventurine is a green chalcedony (variety of quartz, SiO2) that contains small inclusions of one of several shiny minerals that give the stone a glistening effect. The glistening effect of aventurine is known as aventurescence. The color of the aventurescence depends on the mineral included in the stone. |
| Location | Brazil. Near Minas Gerais. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2002-03-22. |
| Collection | Ward’s Classroom Collection of Gem Minerals #18. |
| Key words | aventurine, quartz, Brazil |
| Tech details | 313 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2517 |
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