Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A white or greenish mineral, (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH), that is an important source of lithium.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mineral, generally massive, rarely in triclinic crystals. It is a phosphate of aluminium and lithium containing fluorin, and in color is greenish-white, yellowish-white, or of other light shade. It is found in Europe at Chursdorf, near Penig, Saxony, in the United States at Hebron, Maine, and elsewhere.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium
Etymologies
- German Amblygonit, from Greek amblugōnios, obtuse-angled : amblus, blunt; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots + gōniā, angle; see genu-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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“Petalite is found in the minerals spodumene, lepidolite mica, and amblygonite.”
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Minerals and Mineralogy
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