Meanings
plural spodumenes
- countableuncountablechemistryThe 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.
Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce vitrification at cone 11.
2000, Mimi Obstler, Out of the Earth, Into the Fire, American Ceramic Society, page 592 more 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;[…].
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 276Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content.
1990, Australian Mineralogist, Volume 5, page 21
Origin
- Ancient Greekσποδούμενος“burnt to ashes”
- Englishspodumene
From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).
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Finnish spodumeeni
- spodumeenipyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate
French spodumène
- spodumènepyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate
German Spodumen
- Spodumenpyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate
Italian spodumene
- spodumenepyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate
Spanish espodumena
- espodumenapyroxene mineral, lithium aluminum inosilicate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spodumene
Cite this entry
spodumene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spodumene
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