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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Rocks & Minerals

SPODUMENE

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Spodumene is a mineral confirmed as a distinct species in 1800 it is the main source of the metal lithium. Spodumene is found occasionally as very large crystals in pegmatic dikes. A silicate of lithium and aluminium, it has the formulae LiAlSi2O6 and a relative hardness of 7.
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