Rock & Mineral Encyclopedia

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Lithium Quartz

A quartz crystal containing pink to lilac lithium-bearing mineral inclusions that give a soft cloudy lavender or rose coloration.

A warm mustard to brownish-yellow tourmaline, colored by iron or manganese, sitting between yellow and brown dravite tones.

A soft lithium-bearing mica with a lilac to purple color and pearly, flaky sheen, an important ore of lithium.