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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Lodestone - See Magnetite Loellingite - See Lollingite Loeweite - See Loweite Lokkaite-(Y)   CaY4(CO3)7 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lauri Lokka (1875-1966), mineralogist and chief chemist, Geological Survey of Finland. Lollingite     FeAs2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: L Lomonite - See Laumontite Lomonosovite    Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail V. Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian mineralogist and naturalist. Londonite    CsAl4Be4(B,Be)12O28 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for David London (1953-), petrologist at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. Lonecreekite   (NH4)(Fe+++,Al)(SO4)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lone Creek Fall cave, near Sabie, eastern Transvaal, South Africa. Lonsdaleite    C Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971), English crystallographer. Loparite-(Ce)     (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian name for the Lapps, "Lopar", inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula, Russia. Lopezite     K2Cr2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emiliano Lopez Saa (1871-1959), Iquique, Chile, Chilean mining engineer and mineral collector long associated with the Chilean nitrate industry. Lorandite     TlAsS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eotovos Laorand (1848-1919), physicist of Budapest, Hungary. Loranskite-(Y)   (Y,Ce,Ca)ZrTaO6 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollonie Mikhailovich Loranski (1847-1917), inspector and teacher of the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Lorenzenite    Na2Ti2Si2O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Theodor Lorenzen (1855-1884), Danish mineralogist and student of Greenland minerals. Lorettoite  Pb7O6Cl2 Discredited IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1916 for its original locality. LOCALITY: Loretto, Tennessee, USA. Laurium, Greece. Chubut, Argentina. Lorettoite - See Chubutite Loseyite    (Mn,Zn)7(CO3)2(OH)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1929 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel R. Losey (1830-1904), mineral collector of Franklin, New Jersey, USA. Lotharmeyerite   CaZnMn+++(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), German chemist who developed concepts for the periodic table. Louderbackite - See Romerite Loudounite   NaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Goose Creek Quarry, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA. Loughlinite   Na2Mg3Si6O16 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerald Francis Loughlin (1880-1946), chief geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Lourenswalsite    (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lourens Wals (1939-), a leading Belgian mineral collector. Lovdarite     K2Na6Be4Si14O36 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian phrase "dar Lovozera", for a gift of Lovozero. Loveringite     (Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe+++,Cr,Mg)21O38 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Francis Lovering (1930-), Australian geochemist, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australina, for his work on fission-track methods in geochemistry. Lovozerite    H4Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)[Si6O18] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Loweite    Na12Mg7(SO4)13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: Alexander Lowe (1808-1895), Austrian chemist, Chief Assayer at the Mint, Vienna, Austria. Luanheite   Ag3Hg Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Luanhe River, Chengde Co.,Hebei Province, China. Luberoite   Pt5Se4 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality. LOCALITY: Lubero region, Kivu Prov., Zaire. Lucasite-(Ce)     CeTi2(O,OH)6 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Lucas, CRA Exploration Pty., Ltd,. Who noted the mineral in concentrates. Lucinite - See Variscite Luddenite   Pb2Cu2Si5O14 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Raymond W. Ludden, chief geologist, Phelps-Dodge Corporation. Ludjibaite    Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ludjiba mine, about 12 km southeast of Kambove, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). Ludlamite     (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Ludlam (1824-1880), English mineralogist and collector. Ludlockite    (Fe++,Pb)As+++++2O6 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Ludlow Smith III and C. Locke Key, mineral collectors and dealers in New Jersy. Ludlockite - See Ludlockite-(Pb) Ludlockite-(Pb)  PbFe+++4As+++10O22 Not Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for mineral dealers Ludlow Smith and Locke Key, who discovered the mineral. Ludlockite-Pb - See Ludlockite Ludwigite    Mg2Fe+++BO5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian chemist, Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915). Lueneburgite - See Luneburgite Lueshite    NaNbO3 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lueshe, Goma, Congo, Zaire. Luetheite    Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ronald D. Luethe (1944- ), geologist for Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona, USA, who found the first material. Lukechangite-(Ce)     Na3Ce2(CO3)4F Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Luke L. Y. Chang (1934-) University of Maryland, for his contributions to the study of carbonate group minerals. Lukrahnite Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ludger Krahn (1957-), Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein-Westfalen, geologist who provided the initial specimen for study. Lulzacite  Sr2Fe++(Fe++,Mg)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for mining geologist Y. Lulzac (1934-) of the BRGM who discovered the mineral. Lun'okite - See Lunokite Luneburgite   Mg3B2(PO4)2(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liineburg, 40 km south-southeast of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Lunijianlaite  LiAl6(Si7Al)O20(OH)10 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for "chlorite alternating with pyrophyllite". Lunnite - See Pseudomalachite Lunokite (Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe++,Mn)Al(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lun'ok River, nearby Mt. Vasin-Myl'k, Russia. Luobusaite Fe0.83Si2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Luobusa mine, Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, Qusong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, People Lusungite  (Sr,Pb)Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)5 Discredited IMA 1983 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1958 for the Lusungu River, Zaire. Lusungite - See Benauite Lusungite - See Goyazite Lutecine - See Lutecite Lutecite SiO2 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1892. Luzonite    Cu3AsS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY: Mancayan, Luzon Island, Phillippines. Lyndochite - See Euxenite-(Y) Lyonsite    Cu++3Fe+++4(VO4)6 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Bartholomew Lyons (1916-1998), Professor of Mineralogy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Pages:[1] [2] [3]