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spodumene

NOUN
  1. a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium

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  • There were several specimens in it that I can still recall acutely, one of which was spodumene collected from a New England pegmatite. About.com Geology
  • I visited Paolo Nercessian and obtained a photograph of him holding up an enormous etched gem crystal of kunzite, the spodumene variety that was then being found in quantity for the first time.
  • Commercial quantities of spodumene are in a special igneous rock deposit that geologists call a pegmatite. Lithium
  • The abundance of these elements in the parental magma leads to the formation of less-common minerals such as apatite, beryl, topaz, amblygonite, lepidolite, spodumene tantalite, columbite, monazite, zircon, and uraninite.
  • A massive spray of luminescent spodumene and kunzite crystals dominated the domed roof. Orphan Star
  • Petalite is found in the minerals spodumene, lepidolite mica, and amblygonite. Lithium
  • They are often associated with large crystals of kunzite, the lilac-colored variety of spodumene.
  • It never occurs as a free element, but is found in minerals such as spodumene, petalite, and lepidolite.
  • Lithia, the oxide of lithium (Li_ {2} O), occurs in quantities of 3 or 4 per cent. in various silicates, such as lepidolite (or lithia-mica), spodumene, and petalite. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • The largest spodumene crystal ever found was found in a pegmatite in South Dakota. Lithium
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