Min. Also spodumen. [a. F. spodumène, G. spodumen (B. J. d’Andrada, 1800), ad. Gr. σποδούμενος, pple. of σποδούσθαι to be burnt to ashes, f. σποδός SPODE1.] A silicate of aluminium and lithium, of varying color, 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. § 1. 364. Felspathic substances. Triphane; spodumen; petalite.
