Large "Puffy" Green Aventurine Heart Here is a polished combination

Here is a polished combination of chrysocolla and malachite

Each bowl is hand-made and occasionally hand-painted

This is citrine by scientific standards

This can cause a wide range of shapes

and occasionally vanadium

Large "Puffy" Green Aventurine Heart Here is a polished combinationSize: 3. 0 in. Weight: 8. 3 oz Green Aventurine is a variety of translucent quartz that contains inclusions. Light entering the mineral reflects off these inclusions. This is known as "aventurescence" and is present in other minerals. Aventurine is derived from the Italian word "venture" meaning chance. Green aventurine contains chromium rich mica known as fuchsite. Other colors of aventurine can be caused by inclusions of lepidolite, hematite,