Dilithium cracking station

A dilithium cracking station is an automated facility that is designed to "crack" dilithium into a crystalline structure so that it could be used aboard starships.

Akladi was the site of a major Federation dilithium cracking station in the mid 23rd century. 

A dilithium cracking station on Kinooine was one of the businesses owned by Rod Portlyn under the pseudonym Benzev Kaz. 


 * It is debatable whether the "lithium cracking station" seen on the was in fact a dilithium cracking station, or a wholly different type of facility.