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aventurine

green quartz variety
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aventurine

Summary

aventurine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,906 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • aventurine is a type of quartz[2].
  • aventurine's Commons category is recorded as Aventurine[3].
  • aventurine's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6.5'}[4].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition[9].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • aventurine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].

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Definition and Type

aventurine is a type of quartz[2].

Why It Matters

aventurine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,906 views/month).[1] aventurine has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] aventurine is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → quartz
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    Biblissima authority id → Q297697
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+6.5'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297697, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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