L Listing of Minerals

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L Mineral Index (238 Count)

This alphabetical listing of L minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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Lemanskiite  NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chester (Chet) S. Lemanski, Jr (b. 1947),. Lemmleinite - See Lemmleinite-K Lemmleinite-Ba    Na2K2Ba1-xTi4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ba-dominant member of the lemmleinite subgroup. Lemmleinite-K     NaK2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O12(O,OH)2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgy G. Lemmlein (1901-1962), prominent Russian mineralogist and crystallographer. Lemoynite     (Na,K)2CaZr2Si10O26 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Lemoyne (1625-1685), Lord of Longuevil, and his four sons, well-known personalites in French-Canadian history. Lenaite    AgFeS2 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lena River. Lengenbachite   Pb6(Ag,Cu)2As4S13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Leningradite   PbCu++3(VO4)2Cl2 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the city (Leningrad) where many vulcanic sublimates have been studied. Lennilenapeite    K6-7(Mg,Mn,Fe++,Fe+++,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lenni Lenape Native American tribe, who first inhabited the type locality region. LOCALITY: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Lenoblite   V2O4 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andre Lenoble, French mineralogist-geologist. Leogangite   Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: A mine dump of the Danielstollen, in the Schwarzleo valley about 10 km west-southwest of Leogang, Salzburg, Austria. Leonhardite - See Laumontite Leonite      K2Mg(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo Strippelmann, Director of the salt works at Westeregeln, Germany. Lepersonnite-(Gd)   CaGd2(UO3)24(CO3)8(SiO4)4O4 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jacques Lepersonne (1909-), honorary head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Brussels, Belgium. Lepidocrocite     FeO(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek lipis - "scale" and krokis - "fibre." Lepidolite      K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1792 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek lepidion - "scale" and lithos - "stone." Lepidomelane (Fe) - See Biotite Lepkhenelmite-Zn    Ba2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Lepkhe-Nelm Mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Lerbachite - See Clausthalite Lermontovite   U++++(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Yur Lessingite - See Britholite-(Ce) Lessingite-(Ce) - See Britholite-(Ce) Lesukite   Al2(OH)5Cl Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Grigorii Ivanovich Lesuke (1935 Letovicite    (NH4)3H(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Letovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. Lettsomite - See Cyanotrichite Leucite     KAlSi2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1791 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos - "white." Leucophanite    (Na,Ca)2BeSi2(O,OH,F)7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1840 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leucos, "white" and phanein, " to appear" in allusion to the white color Leucophoenicite    Mn7(SiO4)3(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos, "pale" and foinis, "red purple", in allusion to its color Leucophosphite     KFe+++2(PO4)2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for white and the phosphate in its composition. Leucophyllite (Starkl 1883) - See Aluminoceladonite Leucosapphire - See Corundum REMARKS: Colorless corundum Leucosphenite    Na4BaTi2O2[B2Si10O28] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1901 by Flink from the Greek for white (=leuco) and wedge (=sphen), in allusion to its color and morphology. Leucoxene - See Ilmenite REMARKS: Alteration product of ilmenite Levinsonite-(Y)    (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4) Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Al A. Levinson of the University of Calgary, who is the originator of the nomenclature system used by REE minerals. Levyclaudite  Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claude Levy (1924-), French mineralogist. Levyne - See Levyne-Ca Levyne-Ca     (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12 Valid Species 1997 (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France. Ca modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. Levyne-Na    (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France. The Na-dominant member of the levyne series. Levynite - See Levyne-Ca Levynite - See Levyne-Na Lewisite   (Ca,Fe++,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O7 Discredited IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willam James Lewis (1847-1926), Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University, Canbridge, England. Lewisite - See Romeite REMARKS: Mn deficient, Ti-bearing roméite Lewistonite - See Carbonate-fluorapatite Liandratite    U++++++(Nb,Ta)2O8 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georges Liandrat and his wife, of Samoens, France, who had prospected extensively in Madagascar. Liberite   Li2BeSiO4 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for LIthium and BERyllium in the composition. Libethenite     Cu2(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1823 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lubietova (German Livethen), Czechoslovakia. Liddicoatite    Ca(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(O,OH,F)4 Approved IMA 1977 (Dana # Changed) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard T. Liddicot (1918-2003), gemologist, who invented the diamond grading system, for his many contributions to the Gemological Institute of America. Liddicoatite - See Liddicoatite REMARKS: (61.3.1.2) Liebauite   Ca3Cu5Si9O26 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Liebau, Kiel, Germany, prominent worker on silicate minerals. Liebenbergite   (Ni,Mg)2SiO4 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W.R. Liebenberg, Deputy Director-General of the National Institute for Metallurgy of South Africa. Liebigite     Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1848 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Justus van Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist. Lievrite - See Ilvaite Light Red Silver Ore - See Proustite Likasite    Cu3(NO3)(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Likasi mine, Shaba, Zaire. Lillianite    Pb3Bi2S6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lillian Mining Co. in Colorado. Lime   CaO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Old English, quicklime. Lime Uranite - See Autunite Limonite - See Goethite Linarite     PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Linares, Spain. Lindackerite    CuCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph Lindacker, Austrain chemist, who made the analysis. Lindbergite  Mn(C2O4) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marie Louise Lindburg-Smith (1918-), USGS scientist who described several new species from the mine. Lindgrenite     Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Lindgren (1860-1939), American mining geologist and teacher. Lindqvistite    Pb2(Mn++,Mg)Fe+++16027 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bengt Lindqvist (1927-), formerly Senior Curator of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Lindsleyite    (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald H. Lindsley (1934-), mineralogist, Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Lindstroemite - See Lindstromite Lindstromite    Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Lindstrom (1838-1916), Swedish mineral chemist of the Swedish Museum of Natrual History, Stockholm, Sweden. Lingaitukuang - See Brabantite Lingunite  (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liu Lin-gun (1942-), Chinese mineralogist at the National Taiwan University who first synthesised the mineral. Linnaeite     Co++Co+++2S4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish botanist, C. Linne (1707-1778). Linneite - See Linnaeite Lintisite    Na3LiTi2Si4O14 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the LIthium, sodium (Natrium), TItanium, and SIlicon in the composition. Liottite     (Ca,Na,K)8(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl,OH]4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luciano Liotti, mineral collector who donated the specimen in which this mineral was first found. Lipscombite    (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Nunn Lipscomb (1909- ), mineralogist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, who determined the crystal structure of the synthetic compound. Liroconite     Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, liros - "pale" and konia - "powder." Lisetite   Na2CaAl4Si4O16 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liset eclogite pod, Selje district, Western Gneiss region, Norway. Lishizhenite  ZnFe+++2(SO4)4 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Li Shizhen (1518-1593), famous Chinese pharmacologist. Lisiguangite  CuPtBiS3 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Not given in abstract. Lisitsynite  KBSi2O6 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollon E. Lisitsyn (1928-1999), Russian specialist in B deposits. Liskeardite   (Al,Fe+++)3(AsO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Litharge    PbO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1917 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1917 from a Greek word given by Diocorides to a material obtained in the process of separating lead from silver by pyrometallurgy. Lithidionite - See Litidionite Lithiomarsturite   LiCa2Mn2HSi5O15 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lithium analogue of marsturite Lithionite - See Zinnwaldite Lithiophilite     LiMnPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition, Lithium, and from the Greek for "friend". Lithiophorite    (Al,Li)Mn++++O2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the content of LITHIum and the Greek for "to bear". Lithiophosphate    Li3PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of lithium and phosphate. Lithiotantite   Li(Ta,Nb)3O8 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for LITHIum and TANTalum in the composition. Lithiowodginite    LiTa3O8 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominant LITHium content and the relationship to wodginite. Lithium Mica - See Lepidolite Lithosite     K6Al4Si8O25 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "lithos", stone, because it contains the most abundant components of the Earth's crust. Litidionite     KNaCuSi4O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1880 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "LITHIDIOS" = lapilli, in allusion to the morphology. Litvinskite   Na2([ ],Na,Mn)Zr[Si6O12(OH,O)6] Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Galina P. Litvinskaya (1920-1994), former crystallographer of the Moscow State University. Liveingite    Pb9As13S28 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Geroge D. Liveing (1827-1924), Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Livingstonite    HgSb4S8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish explorer and missionary, David Livingstone (1813-1873). Lizardite    Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kennack Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, England. Pages:[1] [2] [3]