• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spodumene

    Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO3)2

    What’s that? The lithium is inside the mineral that’s… Mined?

    As of 2019, around half of lithium is extracted from mineral ores, which mainly consist of spodumene.

    Damn, that’s very rare, isn’t it?