spodumene
noun
spod·u·mene
ˈspä-jə-ˌmēn 
: a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green monoclinic mineral that is a silicate of lithium and aluminum and occurs in prismatic crystals often of great size
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Albemarle’s lithium mine is expected to produce about 420,000 tons of lithium-bearing spodumene concentrate per year.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
Lithium is extracted from spodumene found in the granite rock called pegmatite.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
Australia leads the world in lithium production, mining most of it from the mineral spodumene.
—Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection has rejected the Freemans’ request to consider the land a quarry, and is instead classifying spodumene as a metallic mineral.
—Time, 17 July 2023
Geologists say there’s also likely a lot more lithium in spodumene deposits across New England.
—Time, 17 July 2023
But geologists know it as spodumene, lithium-bearing ore.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
The plant turns the ore from a nearby quarry into spodumene, a greenish crystalline powder that is about 6 percent lithium and sells for about $5,700 a ton.
—Natasha Frost Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 23 May 2023
Representative Margaret O’Neil, another Democrat from the coastal city of Saco, has proposed a moratorium on spodumene mining in Maine.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
Lithium is extracted from spodumene found in the granite rock called pegmatite.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
Australia leads the world in lithium production, mining most of it from the mineral spodumene.
—Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection has rejected the Freemans’ request to consider the land a quarry, and is instead classifying spodumene as a metallic mineral.
—Time, 17 July 2023
Geologists say there’s also likely a lot more lithium in spodumene deposits across New England.
—Time, 17 July 2023
But geologists know it as spodumene, lithium-bearing ore.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
The plant turns the ore from a nearby quarry into spodumene, a greenish crystalline powder that is about 6 percent lithium and sells for about $5,700 a ton.
—Natasha Frost Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 23 May 2023
Representative Margaret O’Neil, another Democrat from the coastal city of Saco, has proposed a moratorium on spodumene mining in Maine.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
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“Spodumene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spodumene. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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