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Spodumene

About

Named from Greek "spodoumenos", reduced to ashes - when the mineral is ignited.

An important ore of lithium, also see the varieties kunzite (pink) and hiddenite (green).

Most commonly found within lithium-rich pegmatites

Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Type Locality
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden
Mineral Data
LiAlSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Physical Properties
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Streak: 
White
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

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For Sale
  • Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
    Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
    $10

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    BNG1107174
  • Muscovite & Spodumene
    Muscovite & Spodumene
    Harding Mine, Picuris, Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
    Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
    $10.82

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    TBM1097602
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Harding Mine, Picuris, Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
    Thumbnail (1-3cm)
    $2

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    SHS1095585
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
    $45.46

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    MGR1101351
  • Kunzite Var Spodumene
    Kunzite Var Spodumene
    Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
    Thumbnail (1-3cm)
    $10

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    RUM1099329
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Anjanabonoina, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
    Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
    $16.24

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    LAM1100735
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  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
    Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
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    PJM90229
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
    Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
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    MGR1008346
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    Cabinet (10-18 cm)
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    MGR858158
  • Spodumene Var Hiddenite
    Spodumene Var Hiddenite
    Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
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    JWT949393
  • Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
    Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
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    BNG1043524
  • Spodumene
    Spodumene
    Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
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    AMM1067781
  • Rubellite In Spodumene
    Rubellite In Spodumene
    Haapaluoma Pegmatite, Peräseinäjoki, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
    Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
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    JWT722166
  • Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Spodumene Var Kunzite
    Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
    Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
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    BNG1078082
  • Kunzite Var Spodumene
    Kunzite Var Spodumene
    Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
    Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
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    RUM1023988
Locality List

Item Localities for Mineral

Afghanistan

Badakhshan Province

Afghanistan

Kunar Province

Laghman Province

Nuristan Province

Australia

Western Australia

Austria

Carinthia

Styria

Brazil

Espírito Santo

Minas Gerais

Brazil

Canada

Manitoba

North West Territories

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tanganyika

Finland

South Ostrobothnia

Iran

Hamadan Province

Irish Republic (Eire)

County Carlow

Italy

Trentino-Alto Adige

Kazakhstan

Eastern Kazakhstan Province

Madagascar

Vakinankaratra

Mozambique

Zambezia Province

Namibia

Erongo Region

Karas Region

Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan

Northern Areas

Baltistan

South Africa

Northern Cape Province

Sweden

Stockholm County

Västerbotten County

United States of America

California

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New Jersey

New Mexico

North Carolina

South Dakota

Zimbabwe

Masvingo

References
Mindat URL: 
http://www.mindat.org/min-3733.html

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