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lepidolite (ithia mica)
Lepidolite shine mafi yawan ma'adinan lithium kuma muhimmin ma'adinai don cire lithium.Yana da ainihin aluminosilicate na potassium da lithium, wanda ke cikin ma'adanai na mica.Gabaɗaya, ana samar da lepidolite ne kawai a cikin pegmatite granite.Babban bangaren lepidolite shine kli1 5Al1.5 [alsi3o10] (F, oh) 2, dauke da Li2O na 1.23-5.90%, sau da yawa dauke da rubidium, cesium, da dai sauransu. Monoclinic tsarin.Launi yana da shunayya da ruwan hoda, kuma yana iya zama haske zuwa marar launi, tare da lu'u-lu'u.Yawancin lokaci yana cikin tara ma'auni mai kyau, ɗan guntun ginshiƙi, ƙaramin ƙaramin takarda ko babban kristal faranti.Taurin shine 2-3, ƙayyadaddun nauyi shine 2.8-2.9, kuma raguwar ƙasa ya cika sosai.Lokacin da ya narke, zai iya yin kumfa kuma ya haifar da harshen wuta mai duhu ja.Ba a narkewa a cikin acid, amma bayan narkewa, acid na iya shafar shi.
