spodumene

IPA: spˈoʊdʌmin

noun

  • (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.
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Examples of "spodumene" in Sentences

  • Kunzite is also a color variety of spodumene.
  • Her last name is based on spodumene, a mineral.
  • Some lithium is recovered from the mineral spodumene.
  • It occurs as a secondary alteration product of spodumene.
  • The info was quite dated and swamped the spodumene article.
  • Cerussite, tremolite and spodumene exhibit prismatic cleavage.
  • The mine is an active producer of caesium, tantalum spodumene.
  • Lithium is present as spodumene or lepidolite within pegmatite.
  • He is named after the gemstone kunzite, a variety of spodumene.
  • Hiddenite is a color variety of spodumene, caused by chromium ion inclusions.
  • Petalite is found in the minerals spodumene, lepidolite mica, and amblygonite.
  • Occurs in lithium bearing pegmatites with spodumene, lepidolite, and tourmaline.
  • The largest spodumene crystal ever found was found in a pegmatite in South Dakota.
  • I used shiny white glaze on one and kind of a stoneware glaze spodumene on the other.
  • I used shiny white glaze on one and kind of a stoneware glaze (spodumene) on the other.
  • Pegmatite veins, mostly, in association with the true lithium minerals such as spodumene and—
  • Commercial quantities of spodumene are in a special igneous rock deposit that geologists call a pegmatite.
  • These sources are less expensive to mine than from rock such as spodumene, petalite, and other lithium-bearing minerals.
  • It isn't clear from the USGS report whether the lithium in Afghanistan is tied up in the form of spodumene or available as a brine from a salt lake.
  • It's been known for a long time that Afghanistan has a lot of spodumene, but it's much more expensive and difficult to process into a useable precursor for lithium battery materials than are the brines.

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