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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:
Oxides
touretite
Fluorides
colquiriite
cryolithionite
Megaborates
walkerite
Sulphates
seaborgite
Phosphates
amblygonite
bertossaite
ferrisicklerite
gainesite
lithiophilite
montebrasite
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
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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