Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of mica related to lepidolite, but containing both lithium and iron: it is often found associated with tin ores, as at Zinnwald in the Erzgebirge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

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  • noun mineralogy A mineral with monoclinic crystals, KLiFe2+Al(AlSi3)O10(F,OH)2, of the mica group.

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  • noun a mica containing iron and lithium

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Examples

  • These include the cesium - and potassium-rich zeolites, pollucite and leucite, and the lithium-rich mica, zinnwaldite (a variety of the mineral lepidolite).

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  • zen in walden

    March 2, 2011