spodumene

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See also: spodumène

English

Spodumene (kunzite, above, and hiddenite)
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔdjumin/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

spodumene (countable and uncountable, plural spodumenes)

  1. (mineralogy) 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.
    • 1880, George J. Brush, Edward S. Dana, Art. XXIX.—On the Mineral Locality At Branchville, Connecticut: Fourth Paper. Spodumene and the results of its Alteration: The American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Vol XX, Nos 115—120, page 276:
      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; […] .
    • 1990, Australian Mineralogist, Volume 5, page 21:
      Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content.
    • 2000, Mimi Obstler, Out of the Earth, Into the Fire, American Ceramic Society, page 59:
      Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce vitrification at cone 11.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Spodumene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “spodumene”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Italian

Noun

spodumene m (plural spodumeni)

  1. (mineralogy) spodumene
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