Material reference

Shallow Pink Aventurine · Banayad

Scientific identity, documented history, and community contexts are presented with sources. TÁWID’s contemporary design interpretation is identified separately.

Material identity

Shallow Pink Aventurine is TÁWID’s catalogue description for a pale pink material, rather than a separate mineral species. Aventurine quartz is identified by its quartz body and reflective inclusions; pink colour alone is insufficient to determine which mineral produces that appearance. A 2021 laboratory report described a brownish-pink bangle containing red to pink muscovite, identified using microscopy and Raman analysis. [1]

Documented historical context

Its most securely documented background is a history of material identification. The bangle examined in the 2021 study had been submitted as strawberry quartz, but proved to be polycrystalline aventurine quartz. The distinction shows how a familiar sales name can conceal a different internal structure. It also places this material in a modern laboratory and jewellery context rather than in an assumed ancient tradition.

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ CAMEO database separates natural aventurine from aventurine glass. Both can appear sparkling, yet their materials and methods of manufacture differ. This distinction is useful in reading older descriptions and contemporary catalogues: a shared word does not mean that a mined quartz aggregate and a glassmaker’s product have the same history. [1] [2]

TÁWID’s contemporary interpretation

Banayad is TÁWID’s contemporary title for gentleness in conduct.

Material note

The references establish a useful comparison for pink aventurine, not a laboratory result for this bracelet. For an individual piece, record the actual colour, translucency and sparkle separately from the supplier’s name. Confirmed inclusion minerals, treatments and source may then be added to its description. No particular Philippine community use or early historical name for “Shallow Pink Aventurine” is established by these sources.

References

1. Lin, Li & Chen, “Pink Aventurine Quartz with Alurgite Inclusions,” Gems & Gemology (Fall 2021)
2. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, CAMEO materials database, “Aventurine”

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