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Tumbled Green Aventurine
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Treasure Bags! Velour pouches for storing
stones or giving them as gifts. | |
For sale are beautifully polished green aventurine gemstones. These tumbled stones are sold in 1/4 pound, 1/2 pound and one pound bags. The picture above shows the contents representative of a 1/4 pound bag. Your stones will be similar in size, shape and color to the stones pictured above. They are perfect for a variety of jewelry and craft projects - or simply to admire.
Aventurine is a form of translucent quartz that contains inclusions of platy
minerals such as muscovite mica, hematite or goethite. These inclusions
interact with light that enters the stone and gives the stone a glistening
appearance known as "aventurescence". Green is the most common color of
aventurine, however, orange, brown, yellow, grey and blue stones occur.
Aventurine is a very popular gemstone and is commonly tumbled or cut as
beads or cabochons. It is a favorite stone for semi-precious jewelry.
Aventurine is commonly used in necklaces, bracelents, pendants, earrings
and rings. Green aventurine is sometimes confused with jade but an
experienced person can use simple tests to distinguish them. Sources for
aventurine include: Austria, Germany, India, South Africa and the United
States.
Warning: Polished stones can be a choking hazard for small children. |
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