Spodumene
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Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl2, and is a commercially important source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite,
Walnut Hill Pegmatite Prospect, Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S. (size: 14.2 × 9.2 × 3.0 cm)
An almost colorless kunzite crystal (upper left), a cut pale pink kunzite (upper right), and a greenish hiddenite crystal (below) (unknown scale)
Kunzite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Hiddenite from Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Petalite
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Petalite, also known as castorite, is a lithium aluminum phyllosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10, crystallizing in the monoclinic system. Petalite occurs as colorless, pink, grey, yellow, yellow grey, to wh
Petalite from Minas Gerais State, Brazil (size: 3x4 cm)
Petalite from Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan (size: 7.3 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm)