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spodu·mene (späjo̵̅o̅ mēn′)

noun

a variously colored, monoclinic mineral, LiAl(SiO), that is an ore of lithium and is used as a gem; lithium aluminum silicate

Etymology: < Gr spodumenos, prp. of spodousthai, to be burned to ashes < spodos, ashes: from being reduced to an ashlike form before the blowpipe

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