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The Western World’s reserve base, insofar as data are available, is estimated at 8.4 million tonnes. A large share of this is in Bolivia. Total estimated world resources are approximately 12.7 million tonnes of lithium equivalent.
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© 1996 Phillip Crowson
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Crowson, P. (1996). Lithium. In: Minerals Handbook 1996–97. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13793-0_25
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