Labradorite   Plagioclase

Comments: Dual view of a cleavage fragment of labradorite showing the multi-colored labradorescence (schiller effect) and the same area viewed without the color. The color is due to optical interference on the 010 polysynthetic twinning planes (Albite Law).
Location: Ihosy, Betroka district, Toliara Province, Madagascar. Scale: Picture size 3x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Labuntsovite-Mn

Comments: Cinnamon colored crystals of labuntsovite-Mn to 3 mm on dolomite matrix.
Location: Kovdor Mine, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Picture size 1.5x2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Lacroixite   Berlinite

Comments: Pale olive green crystalline lacroixite with white crystalline berlinite.
Location: Rusororo Pegmatite, Gatumba, Gisenyi, Rwanda. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Laffittite

Comments: A short-prismatic, dark brown crystal of laffittite with red realgar and yellow orpiment.
Location: Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lammerite

Comments: Emerald green crystalline lammerite in matrix.
Location: Laurani Mine, South Yeronime, Laurani, La Paz, Bolivia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lammerite

Comments: Deep, lustrous green lammerite crystals to about 1mm throughout vuggy matrix.
Location: Guanaco mine, Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Lamprophyllite

Comments: Deep-red, acicular spray of lamprophyllite in matrix.
Location: Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Lamprophyllite   Barytolamprophyllite

Comments: Brownish-yellow barytolamprophyllite on dark green lamprophyllite.
Location: Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lanarkite

Comments: White, acicular spray of lanarkite on matrix.
Location: Meadowfoot smelter, Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lanarkite

Comments: Cleaved crystals of greenish beige lanakite on matrix.
Location: Leadhills, Scotland. Scale: Picture size 2 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Landauite

Comments: Black granular landauite in matrix.
Location: Northwest Territories, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Landesite

Comments: Brown translucent crystalline crust of landesite.
Location: Hagendorf-Sud, Bayern, Germany. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Langbanite

Comments: Stout black langbanite crystal in white matrix.
Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Langbeinite

Comments: Pale brownish pink crystalline aggregate of langbeinite.
Location: Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Langisite

Comments: Gray metallic massive langisite, altering, in white quartzite.
Location: Uncompaghre Mountains, Montrose County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Langite

Comments: Bluish, tabular blades of twinned langite crystals on matrix.
Location: Mollau, France. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Langite

Comments: Encrustation of small (less than one mm.) sky blue langite crystals, on matrix.
Location: Lubietova, Slovakia. Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Lannonite

Comments: White crusts of lannonite on matrix.
Location: Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lansfordite   Barringtonite

Comments: Optical images of clusters of glassy lansfordite crystals and one white dehydrated barringtonite ? crystal. (AmMin, 88:1883).
Location: Crystals associated with the remains of a saguaro, Carnegiea gigantea from south and west central Arizona. Scale: Scale bar 800 µ-m.
© American Mineralogist

Lanthanite-(Ce)

Comments: Brownish, square crystals of lanthanite-(Ce) ?.
Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lanthanite-(Nd)

Comments: Beige aggregate of scaly, platy lanthanite-(Nd) crystals.
Location: Curitiba, Paran?, Brazil. Scale: 2.5 x 2 cm.
© Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it

Laphamite

Comments: Brown grain of laphamite.
Location: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: Grain size 1.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Larderellite

Comments: Colorless larderellite crystals.
Location: Larderello, Cecina Valley, Pisa province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Larisaite

Comments: Yellow, acicular, radial sprays of greenish yellow larisaite on matrix.
Location: Repete Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Larnite

Comments: Gray larnite masses in rock.
Location: Scawt Hills, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Larnite   Paraspurrite

Comments: Violet-tinted gray crystalline pure paraspurrite mass with larnite veinlets.
Location: Near Darwin, Inyo County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Larsenite

Comments: Aggregate of acicular microcrystals and crystalline larsenite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lasalite   IMA2007-005

Comments: Bright orange efflorescent lasalite crust on sandstone.
Location: Vanadium Queen mine, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture Size 2 x 2 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Latiumite

Comments: Tan opaque prismatic crystals of latiumite.
Location: Capagnano, Lazio, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Latrappite

Comments: Black, sub-metallic crystals of latrappite on matrix.
Location: La Trappe Quarry, Oka, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Crystal size 4 X 4 mm.
© John Veevaert

Laubmannite   Goethite

Comments: Reddish brown goethite hosting radiating sprays of olive green laubmannite to 3 cm across.
Location: Buckeye Mountain, Polk County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Laueite

Comments: Purple crystal of laueite on matrix.
Location: Tip Top Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Crystal size 0.4 cm.
© John Veevaert

Laumontite

Comments: Diamond-shaped prism of laumontite with chrysocolla.
Location: Azurite mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Laumontite

Comments: White, well developed laumontite crystals up to 1 cm. on matrix.
Location: Osilo, Sardegna, Italy. Scale: Specimen size 6 x 4.5 cm.
© Minernet

Laurelite

Comments: Snow white acicular crystals of laurelite.
Location: Grand Reef mine, Graham Co., Arizona, United States. Scale: Crystal size 7 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Laurionite

Comments: Colorless, stellate spray of acicular Laurionite crystals on matrix.
Location: Laurium, Greece. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Laurite   Hollingworthite

Comments: Gray grain of hollingworthite (in the center of the picture) with very slightly darker gray laurite (at the right margin). Polished section (from microprobe analysis).
Location: Konder Mine, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Laurite   Kashinite

Comments: Gray kashinite with darker gray laurite. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Nizhne-Tagil'skoye (Mednorudyanskoye) Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Laurite   Hollingworthite

Comments: Gray laurite with two smaller grains of hollingworthite (left and right from the laurite, very slightly lighter gray). Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Konder Mine, Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Aldan shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.15 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lausenite

Comments: Pale tan crystalline powdery aggregate of lausenite.
Location: United Verde Mine, Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lautite

Comments: Metallic dark gray Lautite aggregate.
Location: Rudolph Shaft, Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 3 cm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lavendulan

Comments: Bright blue crystals of Lavendulan crystals.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lavenite

Comments: Orange crystalline lavenite grains in pegmatite.
Location: Mount Takhtarvumchorr, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lawsonite

Comments: Glaucophane schist with a heavy druse of lawsonite crystals.
Location: Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin County, California, USA. Scale: Crystal size 7 mm.
© John Veevaert

Lazarenkoite

Comments: Orange, fibrous lazarenkoite in a vug.
Location: Khovu-Asky Ni-Co Deposit, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lazulite   Bystrite

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

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   Whiteite-(CaMnMg)

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   Trolleite

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

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   Phlogopite

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

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

Lead

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

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

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

Lechatelierite   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

Legrandite

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

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

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

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

Leightonite

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

Leisingite

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

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

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

Lemmleinite-Ba

Comments: Orange-brown pyramidal crystals of lemmleinite-Ba with greenish aegirine crystals.
Location: Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lemmleinite-K

Comments: Transparent, pyramidal crystals of lemmleinite-K on matrix.
Location: Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lemoynite

Comments: Yellowish white, radial, spherical spray of prismatic Lemoynite crystals to 5mm in diameter on matrix.
Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Lengenbachite

Comments: Shiny, opaque crystalline spray of lengenbachite on white dolomite?.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lengenbachite

Comments: Metallic gray, thin plates and sheets of lengenbachite in a vug in white dolomite.
Location: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: Picture width 1.2 cm.
© Walter Gabriel

Lennilenapeite

Comments: Dark greenish brown sub-metallic micaceous lennilenapeite in white calcite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lenoblite

Comments: Yellow coating of lenoblite on uraninite.
Location: Mounana, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Leogangite

Comments: Cotype sample of leogangite (A. Strasser) showing the thin tabular habit parallel to (100). (Mineralogy and Petrology, 81:190).
Location: Mine dumps of the Danielstollen and Inschlagalm in the Schwarzleo valley, both part of the polymetallic ore district of Leogang, Salzburg province, Austria. Scale: See Image.
© Mineralogy and Petrology

Leonite

Comments: Translucent pale yellow crystalline massive leonite, with white alteration coating.
Location: Near Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lepidocrocite

Comments: Translucent, red-brown crystals of lepidocrocite lining cavities in gossan matrix.
Location: Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Scale: 7x5x3 cm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Lepidolite

Comments: Pale lavender micaceous plates of lepidolite on matrix.
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lesukite

Comments: Yellow to orange-yellow lesukite.
Location: Deutschlandschacht Mine, Oelsnitz, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Letovicite

Comments: Pearly opaque white crystalline letovicite on matrix.
Location: Kladno, Stredocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Leucite

Comments: Large single crystal of dark gray leucite.
Location: Roccamonfina, Caserta Province, Campania, Italy. Scale: 20x20x20 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Leucophanite

Comments: Pseudo-cubic crystals of leucophanite.
Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Leucophoenicite

Comments: Cinnamon brown crystals of leucophoenicite over deep reddish pink crystals of rhodochrosite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 8 x 4.2 cm.
© John Veevaert

Leucophosphite   Messelite

Comments: White messelite crystals with greenish leucophosphite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Leucophosphite

Comments: Transparent greenish brown microcrystal of leucophosphite.
Location: Lone Tree Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Leucophosphite

Comments: Crude or etched purple crystals of leucophospiite to 1mm in vuggy triphylite matrix.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Leucosphenite

Comments: Glassy crystal of leucosphenite in mudstone.
Location: Uintah Basin, Uintah County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Levinsonite-(Y)

Comments: Colorless thick tabular crystal of levinsonite-(Y).
Location: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mts, Tennessee, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Levyne-Ca

Comments: Vesicle in basalt matrix lined with white levyne crystals.
Location: Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Oregon, USA. Scale: 32x22x20 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Liandratite

Comments: Yellow crystalline liandratite crust on pegmatite.
Location: Antsakoa I Pegmatite, near Berere, Mahajanga, Madagascar. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Libethenite

Comments: Rich pine green crystals of libethenite on matrix.
Location: Tyrone, Grant Co., New Mexico. USA. Scale: Crystal size to 2mm.
© John Veevaert

Libethenite

Comments: Dark to light green pseudo-octahedral crystals of libethenite to 1.5mm on matrix.
Location: KOV pit, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Liddicoatite

Comments: Dark green translucent liddicoatite crystal prism.
Location: Antandrokomby, Madagascar. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Liddicoatite

Comments: Complexly colored red zone, and the skin which varies from green to yellow terminated crystals of liddicoatite.
Location: Anjanabonoina, Betafo, Antsirab? Madagascar. Scale: Specimen size: 3.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Liebigite

Comments: Yellow liebigite crystals on Quartz.
Location: Le Bosc, Lodeve, Herault, France. Scale: 1.5 x 1 cm.
© John Veevaert

Liebigite   Voglite

Comments: Green voglite with yellow liebigite.
Location: J?chymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusn? Hory (Erzgebirge), Z?padocesk? Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 3.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Likasite

Comments: Blue likasite encrustation.
Location: Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan) Mine, Jezkazgan Oblast', Kazakhstan. Scale: Picture size 6 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lillianite

Comments: Gray metallic massive lillianite in clear quartz.
Location: Gladhammar, Kalmar, Sweden. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Linarite

Comments: Deep blue prismatic crystals of linarite on matrix.
Location: Mammoth mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Linarite   Macphersonite

Comments: Colorless macphersonite with blue linarite.
Location: Leadhills, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Linarite   Schulenbergite

Comments: Light greenish rosettes of schulenbergite with small green crystals of ramsbeckite and blue crystals of linarite.
Location: Gelbe Birke Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Linarite   Brochantite

Comments: Deep blue, acicular, linarite with light blue, globular brochantite on white quartz.
Location: Goulmina, Er Rachidia, Morroco. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Linarite

Comments: Deep blue, blocky, linarite crystal blades in quartz vug and breccia matrix.
Location: Grand Reef Mine in Graham County, Arizona, USA. Scale: 8 cm by 7 cm.
© Kevin Ward

Lindackerite

Comments: Greenish crystals of lindackerite.
Location: J?chymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusn? Hory (Erzgebirge), Z?padocesk? Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lindbergite   Rockbridgeite

Comments: Rare organic mineral - lindbergite (Mn dihydrate oxalate) in white patches on rockbridgeite matrix.
Location: Boca Rica mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Gilileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: Spot size 1 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Lindbergite

Comments: Secondary electron image of interlocked irregularly contoured platelets of lindbergite. (AmMin v 89, p 1088).
Location: Boca Rica mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Gilileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Lindgrenite

Comments: Transparent green plates of lindgrenite on matrix.
Location: Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lindstromite

Comments: Silvery metallic lindstromite on matrix.
Location: Silver Miller Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Linnaeite

Comments: Brassy metallic octahedral crystal of linnaeite on matrix.
Location: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lintisite   Serandite

Comments: Yellowish-white fibrous veinlets of lintisite in brown serandite.
Location: Mount Alluaiv, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Liottite

Comments: Transparent colorless liottite crystal on vesuvianite.
Location: Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lipscombite

Comments: Light to dark green botryoidal lipscombite crust on rock.
Location: Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Liroconite

Comments: Large crystals of liroconite up to 1.3 cm.
Location: Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Scale: 6 x 3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Liskeardite

Comments: Botryoidal liskeardite crusts.
Location: Saint Hillary, Cornwall, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Litharge   Massicot

Comments: Dark red litharge with brownish-yellow scaly massicot and white cerussite.
Location: Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Lithiomarsturite   Lithiophosphate

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

Lithiophilite

Comments: Twinned crystals of yellowish brown lithiophilite.
Location: Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Lithiophilite   Sicklerite

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   Triploidite

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

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

Lithiophosphate   Lithiomarsturite

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

Lithiowodginite

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

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

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

Litvinskite

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

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   Seligmannite

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

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