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    Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals with chemical formula K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2. It is the most abundant...
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    with minor schorl and garnet. This is followed by deposition of albite, lepidolite, gem tourmaline, beryl, spodumene, amblygonite, topaz, apatite, and fluorite...
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    carnallite, and zinnwaldite, which contain as much as 1% rubidium oxide. Lepidolite contains between 0.3% and 3.5% rubidium, and is the commercial source...
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    Cr)2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 Muscovite – KAl2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 Phlogopite – KMg3(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 Lepidolite – K(Li,Al) 2–3(AlSi 3)O 10(OH) 2 Margarite – CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2 Glauconite...
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    Muscovite Paragonite Brittle micas: Margarite Common micas: Biotite Lepidolite Phlogopite Zinnwaldite Brittle micas: Clintonite Very fine-grained micas...
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    deposits. It is commonly associated with topaz, cassiterite, wolframite, lepidolite, spodumene, beryl, tourmaline, and fluorite. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC...
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    forms in igneous and metamorphic rocks and veins in association with lepidolite, microcline, and spodumene in granite pegmatites; with andalusite and...
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    tin veins, and greisens. Amblygonite occurs with spodumene, apatite, lepidolite, tourmaline, and other lithium-bearing minerals in pegmatite veins. It...
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    columnar masses. It occurs in lithium-bearing pegmatites with spodumene, lepidolite, and tourmaline. Petalite is an important ore of lithium, and is converted...
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  • Kurnakovite Kyanite Langbeinite Lawsonite Lazulite Lazurite Legrandite Lepidolite Leucite Leucophanite Linarite Lizardite Londonite Ludlamite Ludwigite...
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  • Lazurite Lead Leadhillite Legrandite Leifite Leightonite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Letovicite Leucite Leucophanite Leucophoenicite Lévyne (series of zeolites)...
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  • Thumbnail for Potassium alum
    Klaproth discovered the presence of potassium in the minerals leucite and lepidolite. Louis Vauquelin then conjectured that potassium was likewise an ingredient...
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    aplites. Associated minerals include: quartz, albite, petalite, eucryptite, lepidolite and beryl. Transparent material has long been used as a gemstone with...
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    16 August 1899, at the age of 88. Bunsenite Flash (photography) Geysir Lepidolite List of German inventors and discoverers Photobiology Volcanic gas Flame...
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    pegmatites in association with albite, spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, lepidolite and quartz. It occurs as a secondary alteration product of spodumene....
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    attention of prospectors since before 1900, the extensive deposits of lepidolite were not recognized until 1918 by Joseph J. Peyer. Peyer and his partners...
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    Elbaite with quartz and lepidolite on cleavelandite...
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    the following year in Heidelberg, Germany, finding it in the mineral lepidolite. The names of rubidium and caesium come from the most prominent lines...
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    chemist Martin Klaproth discovered "potash" in the minerals leucite and lepidolite, and realized that "potash" was not a product of plant growth but actually...
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    as Martin Klaproth discovered the presence of potassium in leucite and lepidolite, Vauquelin demonstrated that common alum is a double salt, composed of...
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    Garmite Glauconite Gorbunovite Hendricksite Illite Kinoshitalite Lepidolite Luanshiweiite Manganiceladonite Margarite Masutomilite Montdorite Muscovite...
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    commercially viable sources. Another significant mineral of lithium is lepidolite which is now an obsolete name for a series formed by polylithionite and...
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    Garmite Glauconite Gorbunovite Hendricksite Illite Kinoshitalite Lepidolite Luanshiweiite Manganiceladonite Margarite Masutomilite Montdorite Muscovite...
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    pegmatites, associated with the more commercially important lithium minerals, lepidolite and petalite. Within the pegmatites, the large grain size and the strong...
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    pegmatites in association with quartz, spodumene, petalite, amblygonite, lepidolite, elbaite, cassiterite, columbite, apatite, eucryptite, muscovite, albite...
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    impurity in) silicate or aluminosilicate. A major source of rubidium is lepidolite, KLi2Al(Al,Si)3O10(F,OH)2, wherein Rb sometimes replaces K. Rb2O is a...
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    Hsianghualite Jadarite  LiNaSiB3O7OH Keatite  Li(AlSi2O6) Kunzite Lavinskyite Lepidolite Lithiophilite  LiMnPO4 Lithiophosphate  Li3PO4 Manandonite Manganoneptunite...
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    Hsianghualite Jadarite  LiNaSiB3O7OH Keatite  Li(AlSi2O6) Kunzite Lavinskyite Lepidolite Lithiophilite  LiMnPO4 Lithiophosphate  Li3PO4 Manandonite Manganoneptunite...
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    miarolitic cavities in granites. Association minerals include: albite, lepidolite, topaz, beryl, tourmaline, spessartine, tantalite and fluorite. "Microlite"...
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    Garmite Glauconite Gorbunovite Hendricksite Illite Kinoshitalite Lepidolite Luanshiweiite Manganiceladonite Margarite Masutomilite Montdorite Muscovite...
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