A rare lithium-bearing mineral of the mica group, typically found in pegmatites.
Named after the Bity pegmatite in Madagascar where it was first discovered and identified. Scientific mineral names often honor the locations where they were found.
Bityite was only officially recognized as a distinct mineral in 1935—geologists had been finding it for decades but didn't realize it was something completely new until a careful scientist studied it under a microscope!
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