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語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔdjumin/
• 韻: -iːn

名詞

spodumene (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 spodumenes)

1. (mineralogy) 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.
   • 1880, George J. Brush, Edward S. Dana, Art. XXIX.—On the Mineral Locality At Branchville, Connecticut: Fourth Paper. Spodumene and the results of its Alteration, The American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Vol XX, Nos 115—120, page 276,

     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; […] .

   • 1990, Australian Mineralogist, Volume 5, page 21,

     Two coexisting spodumenes occurred in sample A, one with high, the other with low, sodium content.

   • 2000, Mimi Obstler, Out of the Earth, Into the Fire, American Ceramic Society, page 59,

     Spodumene alone was found to be too refractory to produce vitrification at cone 11.

下位語

• (pyroxene mineral): α-spodumene, β-spodumene
• (gemstone): hiddenite, kunzite, triphane

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Spodumene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “spodumene”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.