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- Ancient Greek · derived fromσποδούμενος“burnt to ashes”
- English todayspodumene
From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spodumene
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σποδούμενος