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LEPIDOLITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lepidolite" is a kind of...):
isinglass; mica (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)
Meronyms (substance of "lepidolite"):
atomic number 3; Li; lithium (a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals)
atomic number 37; Rb; rubidium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite)
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