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    (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Labrador peninsula, Canada.  Na4K4(Ba,K)2(Fe,Mg,Mn)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe dominant member of the labuntsovite subgroup. Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mg,Fe)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Mg dominant member of the labuntsovite subgroup. Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mn,Fe)1+x(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8•n(H2O), n=10-12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksander Nikolaevich Labuntsov and Ekaterina Eutikhieva Labuntsov-Kostyleva, Russian mineralogists. (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3 NAME ORIGIN: The mineral name alludes to its very complex (labyrinthine) structure. NaAl(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Antoine Alfred Lacroix (1863-1948), French mineralogist, Natural History Museum, Paris, France. AgHgAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Laffitte, Director, National School of Mines, Paris, France. Pd3Pb2S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. H. Gilles Laflamme (1947-) of CANMET, Ottawa, who has contributed to the study of numerous PGM. AgInS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claude P. Laforet (1936-) a metallographer at the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, who first observed the mineral from the Montgros mine. Tl(Cl,Br) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Italy Fe++Fe+++2(SiO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Little Lai-He village, Liaoning Province, China. Bi4(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aarne Laitakari, Director, Geological Survey of Finland, who collected the original material.  CaZrO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality at Lakargi Mountain. LOCALITY: Verkhn’echegemskiy volcanic structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Caucasus, Russia  CaNaFe+++2H(UO2)2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: A quarry, 10 km SSW of the township of Lake Boga, north-western Victoria, Australia (Na,Ca)6(Ca,Na)3Si16O38(F,OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for André Edmond Lalonde (b. 1955), Professor of Geology at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Cu3[(As,P)O4]2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz Lammer, mineral collector of Leoben, Austria, who provided the first specimen. Na2(Sr,Ba)2Ti3(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, lampros - "luster" and fyllon - "leaf" in allusion to the lusterous cleavage. Pb2(SO4)O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. NaMnZn2(Ti,Fe+++)6Ti12O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lev Davidovich Landau (1908-1968), noted Russian physicist. (Mn,Mg)9Fe+++3(PO4)8(OH)3•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenneth Knight Landes (1899-1984), Professor of Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, for his study of Maine pegmatites. (Mn,Ca,Fe)++4(Mn+++,Fe+++)9Sb+++++Si2O24 NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: At Langbanshyttan, Vermland, Sweden and the Sjo mines near Orebro in Orebro. K2Mg2(SO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Langbein, of Leopoldshall [Stassfurt], Germany. (Co,Ni)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Langis mine, Casey Township, Cobalt-Gowganda area, Ontario, Canada. Cu4(SO4)(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Viennese physicist, V. von Lang (1838-1921). TlAl(SO4)2•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lanmuchang Tl-Hg deposit, Xinren County, Guizhou Province, China. HCa4Mg2Al4(SO4)8F9•32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dan Lannon, who staked important claims at the locality in the late 1800's. LOCALITY: Lone Pine mine, Catron County, New Mexico. MgCO3•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nesquehoning, near Lansford, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA.  (Ce,La)2(CO3)3•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to lanthanite-(La) and the cerium content. (La,Ce)2(CO3)3•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominant lanthanum in the composition. From the Greek, lanthanein = "to lie hidden." (Nd,La)2(CO3)3•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to lanthanite-(La) and the neodymium content. Cu3O[AsO3(OH)]2•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) As2(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Davis M. Lapham (1931-1974), former Chief Mineralogist of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey. CuNiSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Near the confluence of Glacier Creek and the Lapie River, Cyr Ranges, Yukon Territory, Canada. Na4CeTiPSi7O22•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lappland (Lapland), the region in which the Kola Peninsula lies. (NH4)B5O6(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for count Francesco de Larderelle (1848-1925), owner of the "BORAX mine" in Tuscany, Italy Na(H3O)(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Larisa Nikolaevna Belova (1923-1998), Russian mineralogist and crystallographer. Ca2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Scawt Hill, near Larne, Co., Antrim, Ireland. (Cu,Ag)21(Pb,Bi)2S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fred LaRose, a discoverer of silver ore at Cobalt. PbZnSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Esper Signius Larsen, Jr. (1879-1961), petrologist and Professor of Geology, Harvard University. Na2Mg2(V10O28)•20H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Vanadium Queen mine, 18 km east of La Sal, San Juan County, Utah, USA. (Ca,K)8(Al,Mg,Fe)(Si,Al)10O25(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: For the Latin name of the district of origin, Latium, Italy. (Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: St Lawrence Columbium and Metals Corporation mine, near La Trappe, Quebec, Canada. Fe++3Fe+++6(PO4)4(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heinrich Laubmann (1865-1951), German mineralogist. Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. F. T. Von Laue. CaAl2Si4O12•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Frenchman, F. P. N. de Laumont (1747-1834). Pb22Sb26S61 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis de Launay (1860-1938), French student of mineral deposits. Pb7F12Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Grand Reef, Mine, Aravaipa District, Laural Canyon, Graham County, Arizona USA. PbCl(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Ancient lead slags at Laurium, Greece. RuS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Laura R. Joy, wife of Charles A. Joy, American Chemist, Columbia University, New Yourk City, USA. Fe+++2(SO4)3•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Lausen, U. S. Mining engineer, who first described the species. Ca(IO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pampa del Pique III, about one km north of Oficina Lautaro, Taltal district, Antofagasta, Chile. PbCu++4(OH)6(SO4)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Lautenthal, Harz Mts, Germany. CuAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Vater Abraham Mine (Shaft 139), Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the color (lavender blue). (Na,Ca)2(Mn,Fe++)(Zr,Ti,Nb)Si2O7(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In Norway, on Laven and the Aro Islands. Hg3S2(Cl,Br)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michail Alexeevich Lavrentiev (1900-1980), Russian mathematician and academician, founder of the Siberian Academy of Science. (Fe++,Ni)Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Lawrence Smith (1818-1883), American chemist, mineralogist, and student of meteorites, who discovered the mineral. (Mn,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lawson H. Bauer (1889-1954), American chemist, New Jersey Zinc Company, Franklin, New Jersey, USA. CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andrew Cowper Lawson (1861-1952), Scottish-American geologist. CaFe++As+++3O7•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugeni Konstatinovich Lazarenko (1912-1979), mineralogist, academician, Academy of Science, Ukraine. MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic azul - "sky" and the Greek lithos - "stone." Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S NAME ORIGIN: From the Persian lazward - "blue." Pb NAME ORIGIN: Anglo-Saxon, lead; Latin plumbum. HgPb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the natural alloy of lead and mercury. Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localiy. LOCALITY: Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. NaNa2(Mg2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bernard Elgey Leake (b1936), geologist, University of Glasgow, in recognition for his work on the chemisty or the amphiboles. SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850-1936), French-Italian chemist. (NH4,K)Na(SO4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Lawrence LeConte (1825-1883), American entomologist, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, who discovered the mineral. Zn2(AsO4)(OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Belgian mining engineer, Legrande. Mn[UO2/PO4]2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ferdinand Lehner (1868-1943), Pleystein, Germany, an early collector of Hagendorf minerals. Na2(Si,Al,Be)7(O,OH,F)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the tenth-century Norse mariner and explorer Leif Ericson. K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Leighton, mineralogist at the University of Sanitago, Chile. Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te++++++O6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. Joseph F. Leising (1949-), geologist and mineral collector of Reno, Nevada, USA. ZnAs+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luis Texeira-Leite (1942-), Portuguese mineral dealer who discovered the mineral. NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl•5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chester (Chet) S. Lemanski, Jr (b. 1947),. Na2K2Ba1-xTi4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ba-dominant member of the lemmleinite subgroup. NaK2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O12(O,OH)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgy G. Lemmlein (1901-1962), prominent Russian mineralogist and crystallographer. (Na,K)2CaZr2Si10O26•5-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Lemoyne (1625-1685), Lord of Longuevil, and his four sons, well-known personalites in French-Canadian history. AgFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lena River. Pb6(Ag,Cu)2As4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. PbCu++3(VO4)2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the city (Leningrad) where many vulcanic sublimates have been studied. K6-7(Mg,Mn,Fe++,Fe+++,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216•16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lenni Lenape Native American tribe, who first inhabited the type locality region. LOCALITY: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. V2O4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andre Lenoble, French mineralogist-geologist. Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6•8(H2O) 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. K2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo Strippelmann, Director of the salt works at Westeregeln, Germany. CaGd2(UO3)24(CO3)8(SiO4)4O4•60(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jacques Lepersonne (1909-), honorary head of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Brussels, Belgium. FeO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek lipis - "scale" and krokis - "fibre." K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek lepidion - "scale" and lithos - "stone." Ba2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Lepkhe-Nelm Mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. U++++(PO4)(OH)•(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Yur’evich Lermontov (1814-1841), Russian poet. Al2(OH)5Cl•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Grigorii Ivanovich Lesuke (1935–1995), technical worker in the Department of Crystallography, University of St. Petersburg, Russia. (NH4)3H(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Letovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. KAlSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos - "white." (Na,Ca)2BeSi2(O,OH,F)7 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leucos, "white" and phanein, " to appear" in allusion to the white color Mn7(SiO4)3(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos, "pale" and foinis, "red purple", in allusion to its color KFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for white and the phosphate in its composition. Na4BaTi2O2[B2Si10O28] NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1901 by Flink from the Greek for white (=leuco) and wedge (=sphen), in allusion to its color and morphology. (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Al A. Levinson of the University of Calgary, who is the originator of the nomenclature system used by REE minerals. Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claude Levy (1924-), French mineralogist. (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France. Ca modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France. The Na-dominant member of the levyne series. (Ca,Fe++,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willam James Lewis (1847-1926), Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University, Canbridge, England. U++++++(Nb,Ta)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georges Liandrat and his wife, of Samoens, France, who had prospected extensively in Madagascar. Li2BeSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for LIthium and BERyllium in the composition. Cu2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lubietova (German Livethen), Czechoslovakia. Ca(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(O,OH,F)4 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. Ca3Cu5Si9O26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Liebau, Kiel, Germany, prominent worker on silicate minerals. (Ni,Mg)2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W.R. Liebenberg, Deputy Director-General of the National Institute for Metallurgy of South Africa. Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3•11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Justus van Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist. Cu3(NO3)(OH)5•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Likasi mine, Shaba, Zaire. Pb3Bi2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lillian Mining Co. in Colorado. CaO NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Old English, quicklime. PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Linares, Spain. CuCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2•~9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph Lindacker, Austrain chemist, who made the analysis. Mn(C2O4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marie Louise Lindburg-Smith (1918-), USGS scientist who described several new species from the mine. Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Lindgren (1860-1939), American mining geologist and teacher. Pb2(Mn++,Mg)Fe+++16027 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bengt Lindqvist (1927-), formerly Senior Curator of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald H. Lindsley (1934-), mineralogist, Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Lindstrom (1838-1916), Swedish mineral chemist of the Swedish Museum of Natrual History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liu Lin-gun (1942-), Chinese mineralogist at the National Taiwan University who first synthesised the mineral. Co++Co+++2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish botanist, C. Linne (1707-1778). Na3LiTi2Si4O14•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the LIthium, sodium (Natrium), TItanium, and SIlicon in the composition. (Ca,Na,K)8(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl,OH]4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luciano Liotti, mineral collector who donated the specimen in which this mineral was first found. (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Nunn Lipscomb (1909- ), mineralogist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, who determined the crystal structure of the synthetic compound. Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, liros - "pale" and konia - "powder." Na2CaAl4Si4O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liset eclogite pod, Selje district, Western Gneiss region, Norway. ZnFe+++2(SO4)4•14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Li Shizhen (1518-1593), famous Chinese pharmacologist. CuPtBiS3 NAME ORIGIN: Not given in abstract. KBSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollon E. Lisitsyn (1928-1999), Russian specialist in B deposits. (Al,Fe+++)3(AsO4)(OH)6•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liskeard, Cornwall, England. PbO 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. LiCa2Mn2HSi5O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lithium analogue of marsturite LiMnPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition, Lithium, and from the Greek for "friend". (Al,Li)Mn++++O2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the content of LITHIum and the Greek for "to bear". Li3PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of lithium and phosphate. Li(Ta,Nb)3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for LITHIum and TANTalum in the composition. LiTa3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominant LITHium content and the relationship to wodginite. K6Al4Si8O25•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "lithos", stone, because it contains the most abundant components of the Earth's crust. KNaCuSi4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "LITHIDIOS" = lapilli, in allusion to the morphology. Na2([ ],Na,Mn)Zr[Si6O12(OH,O)6] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Galina P. Litvinskaya (1920-1994), former crystallographer of the Moscow State University. Pb9As13S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Geroge D. Liveing (1827-1924), Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. HgSb4S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish explorer and missionary, David Livingstone (1813-1873). Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kennack Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, England. CaY4(CO3)7•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lauri Lokka (1875-1966), mineralogist and chief chemist, Geological Survey of Finland. FeAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lölling, Hüttenberg, Carinthia, Austria Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian mineralogist and naturalist. CsAl4Be4(B,Be)12O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David London (1953-), petrologist at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. (NH4)(Fe+++,Al)(SO4)2•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lone Creek Fall cave, near Sabie, eastern Transvaal, South Africa. C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971), English crystallographer. (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian name for the Lapps, "Lopar", inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula, Russia. K2Cr2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emiliano Lopez Saa (1871-1959), Iquique, Chile, Chilean mining engineer and mineral collector long associated with the Chilean nitrate industry. TlAsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eotovos Laorand (1848-1919), physicist of Budapest, Hungary.  (Y,Ce,Ca)ZrTaO6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollonie Mikhailovich Loranski (1847-1917), inspector and teacher of the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Na2Ti2Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Theodor Lorenzen (1855-1884), Danish mineralogist and student of Greenland minerals. Pb7O6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1916 for its original locality. LOCALITY: Loretto, Tennessee, USA. Laurium, Greece. Chubut, Argentina. (Mn,Zn)7(CO3)2(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel R. Losey (1830-1904), mineral collector of Franklin, New Jersey, USA. CaZnMn+++(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), German chemist who developed concepts for the periodic table. NaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Goose Creek Quarry, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA. Na2Mg3Si6O16•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerald Francis Loughlin (1880-1946), chief geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lourens Wals (1939-), a leading Belgian mineral collector. K2Na6Be4Si14O36•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian phrase "dar Lovozera", for a gift of Lovozero. (Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe+++,Cr,Mg)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Francis Lovering (1930-), Australian geochemist, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australina, for his work on fission-track methods in geochemistry. H4Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)[Si6O18] NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Na12Mg7(SO4)13•15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Alexander Lowe (1808-1895), Austrian chemist, Chief Assayer at the Mint, Vienna, Austria. Ag3Hg NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Luanhe River, Chengde Co.,Hebei Province, China. Pt5Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality. LOCALITY: Lubero region, Kivu Prov., Zaire. CeTi2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Lucas, CRA Exploration Pty., Ltd,. Who noted the mineral in concentrates. Pb2Cu2Si5O14•14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Raymond W. Ludden, chief geologist, Phelps-Dodge Corporation. Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ludjiba mine, about 12 km southeast of Kambove, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3(PO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Ludlam (1824-1880), English mineralogist and collector. (Fe++,Pb)As+++++2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Ludlow Smith III and C. Locke Key, mineral collectors and dealers in New Jersy. PbFe+++4As+++10O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for mineral dealers Ludlow Smith and Locke Key, who discovered the mineral. Mg2Fe+++BO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian chemist, Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915). NaNbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lueshe, Goma, Congo, Zaire. Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ronald D. Luethe (1944- ), geologist for Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona, USA, who found the first material. Na3Ce2(CO3)4F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Luke L. Y. Chang (1934-) University of Maryland, for his contributions to the study of carbonate group minerals. Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ludger Krahn (1957-), Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein-Westfalen, geologist who provided the initial specimen for study. Sr2Fe++(Fe++,Mg)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for mining geologist Y. Lulzac (1934-) of the BRGM who discovered the mineral. Mg3B2(PO4)2(OH)6•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liineburg, 40 km south-southeast of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. LiAl6(Si7Al)O20(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for "chlorite alternating with pyrophyllite". (Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe++,Mn)Al(PO4)2(OH)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lun'ok River, nearby Mt. Vasin-Myl'k, Russia. Fe0.83Si2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Luobusa mine, Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, Qusong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China. (Sr,Pb)Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1958 for the Lusungu River, Zaire. SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1892. Cu3AsS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY: Mancayan, Luzon Island, Phillippines. Cu++3Fe+++4(VO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Bartholomew Lyons (1916-1998), Professor of Mineralogy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. |
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