Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lepidolite

Lepidolite (le*pid"o*līt; 277) , noun

[Greek lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + -lite: compare French lépidolithe.]

(Mineralogy) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.