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Webster 1913 Edition

Petalite

Pet′al-ite

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
pétalite
.]
(Min.)
A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminum and lithium.

Webster 1828 Edition

Petalite

PET'ALITE

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Noun.
[Gr. a leaf.] A rare mineral occurring in masses, having a foliated structure; its color milk white or shaded with gray, red or green. The new alkali,lithia, was first discovered in this mineral.

Definition 2024

Petalite

Petalite

See also: petalite and pétalite

German

Noun

Petalite m

  1. plural of Petalit

petalite

petalite

See also: Petalite and pétalite

English

Petalite

Noun

petalite ‎(plural petalites)

  1. (mineralogy) A rare pegmatitic mineral, a lithium aluminosilicate, with the chemical formula LiAlSi4O10; used in the manufacture of crystallized glass ceramics.

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