Petalite

Lithium was first found in the mineral called petalite (LiAl (Si2O5) 2, lithium aluminum silicate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These sources are less expensive to mine than from rock such as spodumene, petalite, and other lithium-bearing minerals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, there are a number of minerals that contain significant amounts of cesium, including mica, beryl, feldspar, petalite, and pollucite. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dürkheim; it is also found in lepidolite, leucite, petalite, triphylline and in the carnallite from Stassfurt. ❋ Various (N/A)

Lithia, the oxide of lithium (Li_ {2} O), occurs in quantities of 3 or 4 per cent. in various silicates, such as lepidolite (or lithia-mica), spodumene, and petalite. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

In 1800, a Brazilian chemist visiting a mine on the Swedish island of Utö discovered crystalline minerals he named spodumene and petalite, both of which we now know are compounds of aluminum, silicon, and lithium. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Seventeen years later, Johan August Arfwedson, a young Swedish chemist working in the lab of Jöns Jacob Berzelius, broke petalite down into a lithium salt, which earned him credit as the discoverer of the element. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Applications for petalite are expanding rapidly and like many other specialty mineral products, supply is not keeping pace with the increase in demand creating opportunities for new suppliers to enter the market.

The Separation Rapids property, located 70 km north of Kenora, Ontario, is host to the world class "Big Whopper Pegmatite", a very large resource of the rare lithium mineral petalite, with associated tantalum and rubidium minerals.

The old Chinese dude is dead, but the memory of his perfect bread, baked in a petalite and feldspar oven remains. ❋ Unknown (2009)