spodumene Min.
(ˈspɒdjuːmiːn)
Also spodumen.
[a. F. spodumène, G. spodumen (B. J. d'Andrada, 1800), ad. Gr. σποδούµενος, pple. of σποδοῦσθαι to be burnt to ashes, f. σποδός spode1.]
A silicate of aluminium and lithium, of varying colour, found both in crystals and massive.
| α 1805 R. Jameson Min. II. 563 Spodumene... Colour greenish-white, which passes into apple-green. 1837 Dana Min. 305 Spodumene..was so called because it assumes a form like ashes before the blowpipe. 1897 Edin. Rev. Oct. 353 The Hiddenite, or green spodumene, is an extremely rare and very pretty stone. |
| β 1822 Imison's Sci. & Art II. 84 It..has been met with in the petalite, spodumen, and lepidolite. 1851 Mantell Petrifactions iv. §i. 364 Felspathic substances. Triphane; spodumen; petalite. |