The name aventurine derives from the Italian a ventura meaning by chance. This is an allusion to the lucky discovery of aventurine glass or goldstone at some point in the 18th century. Although it was known first, goldstone is now a common imitation of aventurine and sunstone.he most common colour of aventurine is green, but it may also be orange, brown, yellow, blue, or gray. Chrome-bearing fuchsite (a variety of muscovite mica) is the classic inclusion, and gives a silvery green or blue sheen.
The Village of Tinley Park had a population of 56,121 as of July 1, 2015. Tinley Park ranks in the upper quartile for Population Density and Diversity Index when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in Illinois. See peer rankings below. The primary coordinate point for Tinley Park is located at latitude 41.5686 and longitude -87.8041 in Cook County. The formal boundaries for the Village of Tinley Park (see map below) encompass a land area of 16.02 sq. miles and a water area of 0.01 sq. miles. Cook County is in the Central time zone (GMT -6). The elevation is 699 feet.
A section of the former Cooper's Grove Road paralleling the railroad track from 66th Court to 167th Street in Tinley Park became known as Oak Forest Avenue, because it was the road from the Village of Bremen/New Bremen (now Tinley Park) that lead to this Oak Forest. In 1907, Cook County approved construction of a second county poor farm and infirmary on a site generally at the southeast corner of 159th Street and Cicero Avenue to address overcrowding conditions at the County Poor Farm ...