AVENTURINE GEMSTONE
Aventurine is the gemstone that can satiate the need for owning a green coloured gemstone. The green colour of this gemstone is attributed to the presence of chromium-rich fuchsite that is actually a variety of Mucovite. Fuchsite is regarded as inclusion in this gemstone and due to the presence of two distinct minerals in the same crystal, it sometimes is regarded as rock instead of mineral. Aventurine displays a distinguishing phenomenon called aventurescence which is actually a shining and soft glistening effect caused due to the presence of inclusions. A distinct variation in this effect is noticeable due to the density and variety of inclusions found in a single aventurine crystal.
Aventurine may also be found in other colours such as yellow, brown, orange and grey. These colours are not found so often and hence used very rarely as gemstones or for making jewellery items. For making attractive jewellery items, the use of only green aventurine is most recommended.
Aventurine looks sort of grainy in raw state; the crystal is mostly cut en cabochon so that the maximum brilliance oozing out of the gemstone can be achieved. The gemstone is quite smooth to look at as all the coarseness is removed to perfection to get the desired soft, smooth aventurine crystal. The discovery of this gemstone happened by chance. This gemstone, falling under the family of quartz was discovered accidentally by the glass makers who by mistake dropped some copper fillings to the half-made glass material. The resultant product was a glistening green coloured rock-like substance.
This stone is found to be an awesome healer and helps the user get rid of problems like lack of concentration, confused mind and even infertility in women. It is believed to be the carrier of luck and people are advised keeping it close when some important changes are taking place in their life. The gemstone is often confused with jade or amazonite. It scores 6.5 on Moh's hardness scale.
This stone finds its best use in making of tools - a use that is attributed to the brittle nature and hardness and is preferred for its isotropic cleavage that allows the developers to convert it into variety of shapes.
Important deposits have been traced in India, Brazil, Chile, Tanzania, and Russia. It is sometimes mis-sold as 'Indian Jade' and is sold under this name by the dealers who want to make big money by offering a low cost gemstone.
Some of the very closely related gemstones are amethyst, quartz, agate, chalcedony, sunstone, cat's eye quartz. Aventurine bracelets and necklaces are very common and this is also used for making book mark and in developing an environment inside aquarium (also called as aquarium stone).
