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Formula: Li
Lithium is an element which is not found in its native state.
Abundance in the earth’s crust: 20 parts per million by weight, 60 parts per million by moles
Abundance in the solar system: 60 parts per trillion by weight, 10 parts per trillion by moles
(ChC).
Lithium-bearing minerals include:
Fluorides
colquiriite
cryolithionite
Megaborates
walkerite
Unclassified borates
touretite
Sulphates
seaborgite
Phosphates
amblygonite
bertossaite
ferrisicklerite
gainesite
lithiophilite
montebrasite
olympite
palermoite
sicklerite
tiptopite
triphylite
Nesosilicates
eucryptite
liberite
Cyclosilicates
berezanskite
darapiosite
dusmatovite
elbaite
fluor-elbaite
fluor-liddicoatite
sogdianite
sugilite
Inosilicates - single chain
spodumene
Inosilicates - double chain
potassic-mangani-leakeite
zektzerite
Phyllosilicates
borocookeite
cookeite
garmite
kreiterite
luanshiweiite
magnesioneptunite
norrishite
orlovite
petalite
polylithionite
sokolovaite
trilithionite
Tectosilicates
bikitaite
hsianghualite
Oxides - the oxide anion is O2-
Fluorides - the fluoride anion is F-
Megaborates - with multiple boron triangles and/or tetrahedra
Sulphates - the sulphate anion is (SO4)2-
Phosphates - the phosphate anion is (P5+O4)3-
Nesosilicates - insular (Si4+O4)4- groups
Cyclosilicates - (Si4+nO3n)2n-
Inosilicates - Single Chain - (Si4+nO3n)2n-
Inosilicates - Double Chain - (Si4+4nO11n)6n-
Phyllosilicates - (Si4+2O5)2- groups
Tectosilicate - [Al3+xSi4+OyO(2x+2y)]x−
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