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Definition of Lepidolite
1. Noun. A mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium.
Generic synonyms: Isinglass, Mica
Definition of Lepidolite
1. n. A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.
Definition of Lepidolite
1. Noun. (minerology) A pale lilac mica mineral that is a mixed basic fluoride and aluminosilicate of potassium, lithium and aluminium ¹
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Definition of Lepidolite
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Medical Definition of Lepidolite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepidolite
Literary usage of Lepidolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"Dr. Oscar D. Allen, of Yale College, has shown that the lepidolite occurring at
... Ten parts of the pulverised lepidolite are first mixed with 40 parts of ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1913)
"lepidolite and Xotes on other Micas. The mica lepidolite has heen found in ...
The lepidolite mica occurs in irregular bunches, never weighing more than a ..."
3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1822)
"Analysis of lepidolite. By Dr. CG Gmelin and Winz. Gmelin some time since observed,
that the lepidolite from Utoe'n, when treated with carbonate of barytes, ..."
4. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"The plane of the optic axes is at right angles to the second pinacoid (010) in
muscovite, paragonite, lepidolite, and in some varieties of biotite called ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1826)
"To show that this mineral is rather a lepidolite than a mica, I have compared
its composition with that of a very pure variety of the common Swedish ..."
6. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1816)
"lepidolite. Mr. Holme, of Peter House, Cambridge, found lepidolite abundance in
beds of primitive lime-stone at Dalmally, and othe parts of Inverness-shire. ..."
7. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1826)
"To show that this mineral is rather a lepidolite than a mica, I have compared
its composition with that of a very pure variety of the common Swedish ..."
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