Spodumene
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Colourless, White, Pink, Green
- Lustre
- Glassy, Pearly
- Use
- Gemstone, Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its name comes from a Greek word for burnt to ashes, as it turns ash-grey when heated.
- Spodumene can form giant crystals: one found in South Dakota was more than ten metres long.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q120547 · All stones · All entries