We received our aventurine on Tuesday, 02.12.09. My husband cleansed and charged it and started wearing it. The next day we got papers saying that a loan we thought we owed one last payment on in December had really been paid off in November. Hence no December payment, an extra £200 for us. Saturday my husband put the aventurine in his left pocket and bought a lucky dip lotto ticket for the FIRST TIME EVER and he won £40. Needless to say we are very happy with the aventurine and will continue to use it for our future endeavors.