First Known Use: 1893
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spodumene
noun spod·u·mene \ˈspä-jə-ˌmēn\
Definition of SPODUMENE
: a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green monoclinic mineral that is a silicate of lithium and aluminum and occurs in prismatic crystals often of great size
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Origin of SPODUMENE
probably from French spodumène, from German Spodumen, from Greek spodoumenos, present participle of spodousthai to be burnt to ashes, from spodos ashes
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