锂辉石是一种含锂的铝硅酸盐矿物，主要产于花岗伟晶岩中，产地包括美国、巴西、马达加斯加、巴基斯坦和中国新疆等地。可能由于所含的微量金属离子不同，而呈现出不同的颜色。

最早被发现的锂辉石是紫锂辉石，其于1877年在巴西被发现。

Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO₃)₂, and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite (see below), yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, prismatic crystals, often of great size. Single crystals of 14.3 m (47 ft) in size are reported from the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States.