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Definition: Spodumene |
SpodumeneNoun1. A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Spodumene \Spod"u*mene\, noun. [from Greek expression, p. pr. pass. from to burn to ashes, from spodo`s ashes; compare to French spodum[`e]ne.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | A monoclinic mineral, LiAlSi2 O6 ; pyroxene group; prismatic cleavage; in granite pegmatites in crystals up to scores of meters long (called logs); a source of lithium; may be of gem quality (lavender kunzite, green hiddenite). Formerly called triphane.Syn:lithia amethyst; lithia emerald. (references) |
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Crystals form in the monoclinic system and are typically heavily striated parallel to the principal axis. Crystal faces are often etched and pitted with triangular markings.
Spodumene is derived from the Greek, meaning "burnt to ashes," owing to the opaque, ash-grey appearance of material refined for use in industry. Transparent material has long been used as a gemstone with varieties kunzite and hiddenite noted for their strong pleochroism. Source localities include Brazil, Madagascar, USA (North Carolina, California), Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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See also: List of minerals
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Crosswords: Spodumene |
| English words defined with "spodumene": hiddenite ♦ kunzite ♦ Triphane. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spodumene": aglaite ♦ lithia emerald, lithospar. (references) |
Expression using "spodumene": Emerald spodumene. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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spodumene | 8 |
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Words beginning with "spodumene": spodumenes. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "spodumene" (pronounced 'Spod"u*mene'): Cumene, Cymene, Oxycymene, Philomene, Pseudo-cumene. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-m-n-o-p-s-u" | |
-1 letter: eudemons. | |
-2 letters: depones, eudemon, spondee, spumone, unposed. | |
-3 letters: demons, depone, depose, donees, emends, endues, ensued, epodes, mensed, meoued, mondes, mopeds, mounds, moused, neumes, odeums, omened, opened, osmund, peones, pounds, pseudo, sendup, souped, speedo, spumed, undoes, upends, upsend. | |
-4 letters: deems, deeps, demes, demon, demos, denes, dense, domes, donee, dopes, doums, douse, dumps, dunes, dupes, emend. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-m-n-o-p-s-u" | |
+1 letter: spodumenes. | |
+2 letters: supermodern, unemployeds. | |
+3 letters: undecomposed. | |
+4 letters: pneumonitides, pseudomonades, uncompensated. | |
+5 letters: pseudonymities, subdevelopment. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 70 6F 64 75 6D 65 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .--. --- -.. ..- -- . -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01110000 01101111 01100100 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S p o d u m e n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0070 006F 0064 0075 006D 0065 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538281708779718071 |
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