spodumene

IPA: spˈoʊdʌmin

(mineralogy) The mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.

Examples of "spodumene" in Sentences

Some lithium is recovered from the mineral spodumene.
Petalite is found in the minerals spodumene, lepidolite mica, and amblygonite.
The largest spodumene crystal ever found was found in a pegmatite in South Dakota.
I used shiny white glaze on one and kind of a stoneware glaze spodumene on the other.
I used shiny white glaze on one and kind of a stoneware glaze (spodumene) on the other.
Pegmatite veins, mostly, in association with the true lithium minerals such as spodumene and—
Commercial quantities of spodumene are in a special igneous rock deposit that geologists call a pegmatite.
These sources are less expensive to mine than from rock such as spodumene, petalite, and other lithium-bearing minerals.
It isn't clear from the USGS report whether the lithium in Afghanistan is tied up in the form of spodumene or available as a brine from a salt lake.
It's been known for a long time that Afghanistan has a lot of spodumene, but it's much more expensive and difficult to process into a useable precursor for lithium battery materials than are the brines.