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Spodumene

//ˈspɔdjumin// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance. countable, uncountable

    "The individual characters of the several minerals produced from the change of the spodumene have already been given, and something has been said as to their mutual relations;[…]."

  2. 2
    a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).

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