Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lilac or pink to gray mineral of the mica group, K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, used as lithium ore and in ceramic production.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Lithia mica. This mineral is found in scaly masses, ordinarily of a violet or lilac color and containing a small percentage of lithia. It is often associated with the lithia tourmalin or rubellite, as at Rozena in Moravia, and Paris, Maine. See
mica .
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See mica.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
Etymologies
- lepido- + -lite. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Lithia, the oxide of lithium (Li_ {2} O), occurs in quantities of 3 or 4 per cent. in various silicates, such as lepidolite (or lithia-mica), spodumene, and petalite.”
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
“It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite, etc.”
“It is occurs several minerals such as lepidolite, pollucite, amazonite.”
“Petalite is found in the minerals spodumene, lepidolite mica, and amblygonite.”
“The mica group of minerals includes: biotite, muscovite, lepidolite, and phlogopite.”
“In addition to the silicate tetrahedrons in all micas, Purple lepidolite contains the elements potassium, lithium, and aluminum.”
“Most rubidium is retrieved from the minerals lepidolite (a mica mineral) and pollucite.”
“These include the cesium - and potassium-rich zeolites, pollucite and leucite, and the lithium-rich mica, zinnwaldite (a variety of the mineral lepidolite).”
“A small number of American companies process rubidium ore (lepidolite).”
“They've grown on a spectacular backdrop matrix of gem quartz, purple lepidolite and white albite blades.”
Forbes: In Pictures: Highlights Of Marc Weill's Mineral Collection
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
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hernesheir Lepidolite mica was immediately identifiable in a geology course I once took because of its lovely lavender color, but most obviously because hand specimens were transported from the field in a tin that had contained maple syrup. So the entire class sniffed every rock to find the maple-scented one during laboratory exams! Jun 2, 2010