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Definition of Amblygonite
1. Noun. A white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium.
Definition of Amblygonite
1. Noun. (mineral) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amblygonite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amblygonite
Literary usage of Amblygonite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"amblygonite resembles in appearance many other minerals, ... amblygonite From
spodumene it is distinguished by the phos- Crystal with « P « , phorus ..."
2. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrography from the Laboratories of the by Samuel Lewis Penfield, Louis Valentine Pirsson (1901)
"In this paper it will be shown that in amblygonite the hydroxyl group is also
isomorphous with fluorine, and that in chemical composition the original ..."
3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"amblygonite. This is a fluo-phosphate of aluminum and lithium of the formula
Li(AlF)PO4. Analysis of a sample from Paris, Maine, as given by Dana, ..."
4. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"amblygonite, .Li(AlF)POt, VI. Crystals rough, not common; cleavage basal, perfect,
also macro-pinacoidal, angle 75° between cleavages. H =6; G = 3. ..."
5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1915)
"amblygonite was also discovered in the San Finx tin mine in Spain, ... The amblygonite
occurs in nodules, often of great size, but restricted in occurrence ..."
6. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"About 3000 tons of the phosphate amblygonite were produced* in the Black Hills
deposits near ... Spodumene and amblygonite, the former in enormous crystals, ..."
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