Aventurine vs. Jade

Aventurinenoun

A kind of brownish glass containing gold-coloured spangles.

Aventurinenoun

A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Aventurinenoun

A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.

Aventurinenoun

A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica.

Aventurinenoun

a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals

Aventurine

Aventurine is a form of quartz, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence.

Jadenoun

A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.

Jadenoun

A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.

Jadenoun

A horse too old to be put to work.

Jadenoun

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

Jadeadjective

Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

Jadeverb

To tire, weary or fatigue

Jadeverb

(obsolete) To treat like a jade; to spurn.

Jadeverb

(obsolete) To make ridiculous and contemptible.

Jadenoun

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.

Jadenoun

A color resembling that of jade{1}; it varies from yellowish-green to bluish-green.

Jadenoun

A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.

Jadenoun

A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.

Jadenoun

A young woman; - generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

Jadeverb

To treat like a jade; to spurn.

Jadeverb

To make ridiculous and contemptible.

Jadeverb

To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire, make dull, or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.

Jadeverb

To become weary; to lose spirit.

Jadenoun

a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite

Jadenoun

a woman adulterer

Jadenoun

a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

Jadenoun

an old or over-worked horse

Jadeverb

get tired of something or somebody

Jadeverb

exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

Jadeadjective

similar to the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

Jadenoun

a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite

Jadenoun

an ornament made of jade.

Jadenoun

a light bluish-green

Jadenoun

a bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

Jadenoun

an old or worn-out horse.

Jade

Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties, though it appears naturally in other colors as well, notably yellow and white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminium in the pyroxene group of minerals).