SPODUMENE

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Meaning:

A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("spodumene" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "spodumene"):

atomic number 3; Li; lithium (a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spodumene"):

kunzite (a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone)

hiddenite (a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone)