Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spodumene \Spod"u*mene\ (?; 135), n. [Gr. ?, p. pr. pass. from ?
   to burn to ashes, from spodo`s ashes; cf. F. spodum[`e]ne.]
   (Min.)
   A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green
   color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size.
   It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See {Hiddenite}.

Source : WordNet®

spodumene
     n : a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate;
         a source of lithium