lithium carbonate
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a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder
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Lithium carbonate is used as a mood stabiliser in psychiatry to treat bipolar disorder ( manic-depression ) in daily doses of about 0.5 to 2 grams, although there are side-effects.
Lithium carbonate can also be purified by exploiting its diminished solubility in hot water.
This represents approximately 1,560,919 tonnes of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (“”) in the measured and indicated categories, with a further 220,070 tonnes LCE in the inferred category.