Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spodumene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spodumene \Spod"u*mene\ (?; 135), n. [Gr. ?, p. pr. pass. from ?
to burn to ashes, from spodo`s ashes; cf. F. spodum[`e]ne.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green
color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size.
It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See {Hiddenite}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spodumene
n : a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate;
a source of lithium
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