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SPODUMENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spodumene mean?
• SPODUMENE (noun)
The noun SPODUMENE has 1 sense:
1. a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium
Familiarity information: SPODUMENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("spodumene" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "spodumene"):
atomic number 3; Li; lithium (a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spodumene"):
kunzite (a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone)
hiddenite (a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone)
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