Mineral Specimen Images (L)

Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2  
Bystrite: (Na,K)7Ca(Si6Al6)O24S4.5·(H2O)

Comments: Brownish-yellow bystrite grains with blue lazulite in an igneous rock.
Location: Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tunka Valley, Sludyanka, Lake Baikal Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2

Comments: Lustrous dark blackish-blue crystals of lazulite to 5 mm in size.
Location: Crosscut Creek, Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: 3 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2  
Whiteite-(CaMnMg): CaMn++Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Light beige-colored whiteite-(CaMnMg) crystal perched on dark blue lazulite.
Location: Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lazulite: MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2  
Trolleite: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3

Comments: Pale blue trolleite with darker blue lazulite.
Location: Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono County, California. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lazurite: Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S

Comments: A single, deep blue, dodecahedron of Lazurite measuring 1 cm on a white marble matrix.
Location: Firgamu, Badakhashan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 1.2 x 1 x 0.9 cm.
© Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals

Lazurite: Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S  
Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2

Comments: Gemmy brownish phlogopite crystals on blue lazurite (lapis) matrix with minor pyrite.
Location: Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Scale: 10 x 11.5 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Lead: Pb

Comments: Native lead sheet partially covering an actinolite schist.
Location: Garpenberg Norra, Hedemorra, Sweden. Scale: 7.5 x 4.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Lead: Pb

Comments: Irregular mass of native lead from a lead-zinc-silver ore deposit.
Location: Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. Scale: 8 cm across.
© Dave Barthelmy

Leadamalgam: HgPb2

Comments: Dark gray coatings of leadamalgam on weathered ore rock.
Location: Mina Bambollita, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Leadhillite: Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2

Comments: Clear crystal of leadhillite on matrix.
Location: Leadhills, Lanark, Scotland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lechatelierite: SiO2  
Trinitite:

Comments: Fused silica sand (trinitite) generated by the first nuclear (fission) bomb. Although man-made and not a valid mineral, the specimen has historic value.
Location: Trinity Flats, White Sands, New Mexico. It came into existance at 5:29 a.m., July 16, 1945. Scale: Specimen size 4.1 cm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Lecontite: (NH4,K)Na(SO4)·2(H2O)  
Mascagnite: (NH4)2SO4

Comments: SEM BSE image of fine-grained lecontite (Le) and thenardite, occupying the space between mascagnite (M) crystals. CanMin 47:573.
Location: Coal-waste heap in Avion, northern France, that has been undergoing subsurface combustion for several decades. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O)

Comments: Prismatic crystal of yellow legrandite on a gossanous matrix.
Location: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O)

Comments: Yellow crystals of legrandite partially covering an iron-oxide gossan.
Location: Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Scale: Crystal size 6 mm.
© John Veevaert

Leifite: Na2(Si,Al,Be)7(O,OH,F)14

Comments: Tan translucent crystal spray of leifite in syenite rock.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Leifite: Na2(Si,Al,Be)7(O,OH,F)14

Comments: Snow white, prismatic, crystal aggregate of leifite.
Location: Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3x1cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Leightonite: K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2(H2O)

Comments: Pale Leightonite with dark green atacamite.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Leisingite: Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te++++++O6·6(H2O)

Comments: Very small yellow crystal of Leisingite on quartz.
Location: Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.8 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Leiteite: ZnAs+++2O4

Comments: Specimen of leiteite with inclusions of ludlockite. This Leiteite specimen varies from 1 to 3.5 mm in thickness.
Location: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 3.7 x 1.3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O

Comments: Electric blue lemanskiite sprays on matrix.
Location: Abundancia Mine, Guanaco, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1.2 cm.
© John Veevaert