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.

Further reading
  • “Petalite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “petalite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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