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Lithia (noun) means a compound of lithium and oxygen, used in making pottery and glass.

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A compound of lithium and oxygen, used in making pottery and glass.

"This can be an acute problem with certain glass-ceramics because of the use of large quantities of lithia, in particular, which readily attack the refractories." — A. Paul, Chemistry of Glasses (1990)

"The major source of lithia is lepidolite, the most widespread of the lithia-containing minerals with deposits in the United States, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Japan and Germany." — Peter A. Ciullo, Industrial Minerals and Their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary (1996)

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