Spodumene - Wikipedia
网页Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, Li Al (Si O 3) 2, and is a commercially important source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite (see below), yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, prismatic crystals, often of great size.
Spodumene: Used as a lithium source mineral and as a gemstone - Geology.com
网页Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral that is typically found in lithium-rich pegmatites. It is usually associated with other lithium minerals such as lepidolite, eucryptite, and petalite. Spodumene has a chemical composition of LiAlSi 2 O 6 but small amounts of sodium sometimes substitute for lithium.
Spodumene: Mineral information, data and localities. - mindat.org
网页Spodumene is worked as an ore of lithium, but it is most highly prized as a gem material - the varieties Kunzite (pink) and Hiddenite (green) are especially sought after. It is usually found as a constituent of lithium-rich pegmatites. It forms crystals to 12 meters in length.
Spodumene | Mineral Properties, Varieties, Uses, Occurrence
网页2024年7月1日 · Spodumene is a pyroxene member of inosilicate mineral with chemical formula is LiAl (SiO3)2, lithium aluminium. It can also be pink, lilac, or green. Crystals are prismatic, flattened, and typically striated along their length. Gem varieties of the mineral usually exhibit strong pleochroism.
The Mineral spodumene - The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
网页Spodumene is a fairly prevalent mineral, but mostly dull and uninteresting in its most common forms. However, its two distinctly colored transparent varieties, Kunzite (pink) and Hiddenite (green) are very aesthetic and valued as gemstone s.
Spodumene – Mineral Properties, Photos and Occurrence
网页2024年5月20日 · Spodumene is an uncommon lithium silicate and one of the precious lithium ores. It produces nice crystals as well as popular and colorful gem material. Crystal Structure of Spodumene. Spodumene LiAlSi 2 O 6 is a monoclinic silicate, which belongs to the clinopyroxenes. It is the only lithium pyroxene and does not create solid solutions with ...
How Australia became the world's greatest lithium supplier - BBC
网页In less than two years, prices for Australian spodumene – a lithium-rich raw material that can be refined for use in laptop, phone and EV batteries – has grown more than tenfold.
Spodumene | Lithium, Pyroxene, Silicate | Britannica
网页Spodumene, a lithium aluminum silicate mineral (LiAlSi2O6) in the pyroxene family, an important ore of lithium and a source of ceramic materials. It is ordinarily found in lithium-bearing granite pegmatites.
Spodumene - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
网页Spodumene, albite, quartz, K-feldspar, and muscovite are the main minerals in the Li pegmatites (Ahtola et al., 2010b; Al-Ani and Ahtola, 2008). Spodumene contains 6.5–7.4 wt% Li 2 O and 0.1–0.6 wt% FeO and is often altered to muscovite.
16.11: Spodumene - Geosciences LibreTexts
网页Geological occurrence: Spodumene occurs in granite pegmatites, sometimes with very great sizes. Geographical occurrence: Mainly North and South America; Madagascar; Burma; Brazil.