Click on thumbnails for a larger image. Please be patient since some of these pages of thumbnail images take some time to load. These mineral photos are copyrighted by their owners and may not be used without permission.
Lithiophilite: LiMnPO4 Sicklerite: Li(Mn++,Fe+++)PO4
Comments: Mottled tan-green-pink massive sicklerite with dark brown lithiophilite on quartz. Location: Custer Mountain Lode, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Lithiophilite: LiMnPO4 Triploidite: (Mn,Fe++)2(PO4)(OH)
Comments: Salmon-colored prismatic crystalline triploidite with brown lithiophilite. Location: Capoeira Mine, near Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
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
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
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