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A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate
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spodumene
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n. a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium
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Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate , Li Al ( Si O ), and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite (see below), yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite , prismatic ...
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n. (context mineralogy English) A greenish, yellowish or pinkish mineral, a lithium pyroxene (lithiumaluminum(siliconoxygen 3 ) 2 ) that is an ore of lithium, and a gemstone
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Spodumene \Spod"u*mene\ (sp[o^]d"[-u]*m[=e]n; 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, occurring in prismatic crystals, often ...
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Then came the time he came across something remotely promising, a tiny asteroid that held swirls of lepidolite and pollucite and spodumene and half a dozen other interesting ores.
A massive spray of luminescent spodumene and kunzite crystals dominated the domed roof.