Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spodumene

/ˈspɔdjumin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: spo-dumene
IPA: /ˈspɔdjumin/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The individual characters of the several minerals produced from the change of the spodumene have already been given, and something has been said as to their mutual relations;[…]."
"Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content."
"Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce vitrification at cone 11."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σποδούμενος (spodoúmenos, “burnt to ashes”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σποδός

Usage

Inflected Forms

spodumenes (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce spodumene?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɔdjumin/.
What does spodumene mean?: The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.
Where does spodumene come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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