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,K Li Fe 2+Al (AlSi 3)O 10(F ,OH )2, of themica group.
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- noun a mica containing iron and lithium
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These include the cesium - and potassium-rich zeolites, pollucite and leucite, and the lithium-rich mica, zinnwaldite (a variety of the mineral lepidolite).
Rubidium 2008
fbharjo commented on the word zinnwaldite
zen in walden
March 2, 2011