66 of of 18 18. spodumene spodumene and and is is the the base base mineral mineral of of almost almost every every lithium lithium extraction extraction processes. processes. It It has has a a tetragonal tetragonal structure structure [34,35] [34,35] and and a a density density of of 2.374 2.374 g∙cm−3. g∙cm−3.
