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Spodumene is a
pyroxene mineral consisting of
lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO3)2, and is a
commercially important source of lithium. It occurs...
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Western Australia. Most
Australian lithium is
produced from hard-rock
spodumene, in
contrast to
other major producers like Argentina,
Chile and China...
- pale-to-emerald
green variety of
spodumene that is
sometimes used as a gemstone. The
first specimens of the
hiddenite variety of
spodumene were
recovered circa 1879...
- lithium-bearing
pegmatites with
spodumene, lepidolite, and tourmaline.
Petalite is an
important ore of lithium, and is
converted to
spodumene and
quartz by heating...
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within pegmatites.
These include crystals of microcline, quartz, mica,
spodumene, beryl, and tourmaline. Some
individual crystals are over 10 m (33 ft)...
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temperatures around 1300 °C.
Lithium is
extracted from
primarily two sources:
spodumene in
pegmatite deposits, and
lithium salts in
underground brine pools. About...
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alternative route involves the
intermediacy of
lithium sulfate: α-
spodumene → β-
spodumene β-
spodumene + CaO → Li2O + ... Li2O + H2SO4 → Li2SO4 + H2O Li2SO4 + 2...
- of chalcedony)
Hessonite (variety of grossular)
Hiddenite (variety of
spodumene)
Hyalite (variety of opal)
Hyalophane (synonym of jaloallofane) Hypersthene...
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spodumene were
mined as
early as 1880. The
Carolina tin belt
later became known as the tin-
spodumene belt
after L.M.
Williams found large spodumene deposits...
- rubidium.
Lepidolite is
found with
other lithium-bearing minerals, such as
spodumene, in
pegmatite bodies. It has also been
found in high-temperature quartz...
