Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Gail Bardhan at the Rakow Library sends this definition of Murano Aventurine along

From The Corning Museum’s of Glass “Glass Dictionary” (on the museum’s website)

Aventurine (from French aventure, “chance”)

Translucent glass with sparkling inclusions of gold, copper, or chromic oxide, first made in Venice in the 15th century. Aventurine glass imitates the mineral of the same name, a variety of translucent quartz spangled with mica or other minerals.

Gail Bardhan

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2011 Carder Steuben Club annual Symposium will be held at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY from September 15-17, 2011.

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