All About the Properties and Locations of Avanturine

Avanturine is an opaque quartz and is principally found near Madrid, Spain. It is used for cheaper kinds of jewelry and was once very popular in the United States.

AVANTURINE.

Avanturine is an opaque, yellow, brown, or red quartz, spangled with minute scales of mica or some other mineral, and found principally near Madrid, in Spain. It is also found in France, Scotland, Bavaria, the Urals, and Styria.

A beautiful imitation of avanturine, called goldstone, is manufactured of glass into which metal filings are introduced. This goldstone is superior to avanturine in every point except that of hardness. Avanturine and its imitation, but largely the latter, are used for the cheaper kinds of jewelry, and were very popular in the United States some years ago.


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