Spodumene
Spodumene is a lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO~3~)~2~ and is a primary source of lithium used for ceramics, mobile phones and batteries, especially for electric vehicles.
Spodumene crystals can grow to several meters in length. The gem variety of Spodumene is called Kunzite. Spodumene fluoresces orange red under long wave UV light.
Spodumene is found and produced worldwide primarily in US, Canada, S. America, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia.