Meaning of spodumene | Babel Free

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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

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Examples

“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;[…].”

“Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content.”

“Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce⟳ vitrification at cone 11.”

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