Mineral Specimen Images (L)

Lithiophorite: (Al,Li)Mn++++O2(OH)2

Comments: Black Lithiophorite cementing gravel.
Location: Pöhlberg, Annaberg - Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 6 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lithiophosphate: Li3PO4  
Lithiomarsturite: LiCa2Mn2HSi5O15

Comments: Tan-brown lithiomarsturite with cream-colored lithiophosphate in matrix.
Location: Foote Mine, Kings Mtn, North Carolina, USA. Scale: 2" x 3".
© Chris Wright / Wrights Rock Shop

Lithiotantite: Li(Ta,Nb)3O8

Comments: White lithotantite crystals.
Location: Ognevka Deposit, Kalbinskii Range, Kazakhstan. Scale: Specimen Size 3x2 mm.
© Sonke Stolze / Systematic Minerals

Lithiowodginite: LiTa3O8

Comments: Black crystalline grains of lithiowodginite in pegmatite.
Location: Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lithosite: K6Al4Si8O25·(H2O)

Comments: Transparent nearly colorless lithosite in syenite rock.
Location: Vuonnemiok River, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Litidionite: KNaCuSi4O10

Comments: Bright blue crystalline litidionite fragment.
Location: Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Litvinskite: Na2([ ],Na,Mn)Zr[Si6O12(OH,O)6]

Comments: Dark cherry-red litvinskite in matrix.
Location: Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Liveingite: Pb9As13S28

Comments: Deep blue striated prismatic crystal of liveingite on a white dolomite matrix.
Location: Lengenbach quarry Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Liveingite: Pb9As13S28  
Seligmannite: PbCuAsS3

Comments: Black prismatic seligmannite crystals with crystalline black liveingite.
Location: Lengenbach Quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Liveingite: Pb9As13S28

Comments: Strongly striated, metallic gray liveingite crystal on white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Crystal size 3 mm.
© Walter Gabriel

Livingstonite: HgSb4S8

Comments: Dark brown, acicular-columnar crystals of livingstonite in anhydrite.
Location: Guerrero, Mexico. Scale: 2x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Lizardite: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

Comments: Lizardite pseudomorphously replacing olivine.
Location: Snarum, Norway. Scale: 2x2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Lokkaite-(Y): CaY4(CO3)7·9(H2O)

Comments: White coating of lokkaite-(Y) on matrix with hellandite and possible kainosite.
Location: Evans-Lou Quarry, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Specimen Size 3 x 5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Lollingite: FeAs2

Comments: Sharp, twinned crystals Löllingite on matrix.
Location: Oruro, Oruro Department, Bolivia. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lomonosovite: Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4)

Comments: Aegerine schist with reddish crystalline grains of lomonosovite.
Location: Ilimaussaq, Kvanefjeld, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Lomonosovite: Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4)  
Bornemanite: BaNa3{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2O2Si4O14](F,OH)2}·PO4

Comments: Yellow crystalline bornemanite in dark brown lomonosovite.
Location: Yubileinaya Pegmatite, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Londonite: CsAl4Be4(B,Be)12O28

Comments: A dodecahedral crystal of londonite.
Location: Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona valley, Sahatany Valley, Betafo - Antsirabé region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Scale: Crystal size 7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Londonite: CsAl4Be4(B,Be)12O28

Comments: A yellow , lustrous, well developed londonite crystal 1.2 cm. on matrix.
Location: Antandrokomby, Sahatany valley, Madagascar. Scale: Crystal size 1.2 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Lonsdaleite: C

Comments: a) A Reflected light photograph of lonsdaleite and unidentified polymorph (New Phase) with lead comtamination. b) synchrotron X-ray diffraction, imaging and X-ray fluorescence fine-scale mapping of the different phases. (ESRF 2003 highlights).
Location: Shocked gneisses from the Popigai Crater, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Eur. Sync. Rad. Fac.

Loparite-(Ce): (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6

Comments: Sharp penetration twin of cubic loparite-(Ce) about 7 mm. across on phoenite matrix.
Location: Flora Mt., Lovosero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: 3.8x3.3x2.6 cm.
© Richard Dale / Dale Minerals