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Aventurine
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<p>Aventurine is a form of <a href="/facts/Quartzite/8rNpCMrv">quartzite</a>, characterised by its translucency and the presence of <a href="/facts/Ped/TQXHGIXo">platy</a> <a href="/facts/Mineral/LkUFbNmv">mineral</a> <a href="/facts/Inclusion_(mineral)/LtzBvP3p">inclusions</a> that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed <i><a href="/facts/Aventurescence/QN9apf4N">aventurescence</a></i>. </p>