Properties of Green Aventurine

Chemical Properties

• Aventurine's chemical formula is K(Al, Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2. This means aventurine is composed of the chemical elements potassium, aluminum chromium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen. Aventurine contains physical inclusions of a variety of muscovite mica called fuchite, chemical formula KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F, OH)2. Fuschite is where the green aventurine's coloration comes from.

Physical Properties

• Aventurine can be translucent or opaque, depending on how highly included it is with fuchsite. Its luster ranges from dull to vitreous. Aventurine possesses a particular glistening shimmer, due to fuschite, which is called aventurescence, after the stone.

  Aventurine is a microcrystalline form of quartz, meaning that its crystal symmetry cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Aventurine's formation tendency is to form as a single massive formation.

  Aventurine rates a 6.5 to a 7 on the Mohs scale, a relative scale used to test the hardness of minerals, on which talc rates a 1, sapphires and rubies rate a 9 and diamond rates a 10.

  Also, like any type quartz, aventurine, including green aventurine, possesses the property of piezoelectricity, the property of producing electricity when placed under pressure.

Metaphysical Improvement Properties

• Within the New Age movement, gemstones, both precious and semiprecious, have been attributed various properties. Such properties range from increasing or improving certain conditions, such as emotions and quality of life, to properties of healing certain physical and emotional ailments. Attributed properties differ by source, but green aventurine's improving properties include increased prosperity, luck, mental clarity, intelligence, creativity and improving circulation. It is also thought to bring adventures.

Metaphysical Ailment Curing Properties

• Ailment-curing properties of green aventurine, according to New Age beliefs, include getting rid of nausea, getting rid of eczema and getting rid of bad thoughts and emotions. The New Age movement also makes use of the Ayurvedic medical system's perception of the body as having energy points, known as chakras. In the New Age view of chakras, green aventurine is associated with the heart chakra. Green aventurine is also believed to have a preventative healing property, and it is believed to block energy waves from electronics such as televisions.