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Sometime in the 18th century, Venetian glassblowers workers accidentally dropped some copper filings into a batch of molten glass they were surprised to discover that this produced shiny sparkles within the glass once it had hardened. It is the similarity in look to this event that first gave Aventurine its name. A similarity was seen between the glass and the stone, the name Aventurine then came into use which is from the Italian word ‘aventura’ which roughly translated means ‘by chance’.