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L Mineral Index (239 Count)
This alphabetical listing of L minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names,
pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.
LEGEND:
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Lodestone - See Magnetite
Loellingite - See Lollingite
Loeweite - See Loweite
Lokkaite-(Y) CaY4(CO3)7·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1970NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lauri Lokka (1875-1966), mineralogist and chief chemist, Geological Survey of Finland.
Lollingite FeAs2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lölling, Hüttenberg, Carinthia, Austria
Lomonite - See Laumontite
Lomonosovite Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950NAME 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)2·12(H2O) Approved IMA 1983NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lone Creek Fall cave, near Sabie, eastern Transvaal, South Africa.
Lonsdaleite C Approved IMA 1967NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971), English crystallographer.
Loparite-(Ce) (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian name for the Lapps, "Lopar", inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Lopezite K2Cr2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937NAME 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) 1894NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eotovos Laorand (1848-1919), physicist of Budapest, Hungary.
Loranskite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)ZrTaO6 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollonie Mikhailovich Loranski (1847-1917), inspector and teacher of the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lorenzenite Na2Ti2Si2O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Theodor Lorenzen (1855-1884), Danish mineralogist and student of Greenland minerals.
Lorettoite Pb7O6Cl2 Discredited IMA 1979NAME 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) 1929NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel R. Losey (1830-1904), mineral collector of Franklin, New Jersey, USA.
Lotharmeyerite CaZnMn+++(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 Approved IMA 1983NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), German chemist who developed concepts for the periodic table.
Louderbackite - See Romerite
Loudounite NaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11·8(H2O) Approved IMA 1983NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Goose Creek Quarry, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA.
Loughlinite Na2Mg3Si6O16·8(H2O) Approved IMA 1960NAME 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 1987NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lourens Wals (1939-), a leading Belgian mineral collector.
Lovdarite K2Na6Be4Si14O36·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1973NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian phrase "dar Lovozera", for a gift of Lovozero.
Loveringite (Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe+++,Cr,Mg)21O38 Approved IMA 1977NAME 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) 1939NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Loweite Na12Mg7(SO4)13·15(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847NAME ORIGIN: Alexander Lowe (1808-1895), Austrian chemist, Chief Assayer at the Mint, Vienna, Austria.
Luanheite Ag3Hg Approved IMA 1984NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Luanhe River, Chengde Co.,Hebei Province, China.
Luberoite Pt5Se4 Approved IMA 1992NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality. LOCALITY: Lubero region, Kivu Prov., Zaire.
Lucasite-(Ce) CeTi2(O,OH)6 Approved IMA 1987NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Lucas, CRA Exploration Pty., Ltd,. Who noted the mineral in concentrates.
Lucinite - See Variscite
Luddenite Pb2Cu2Si5O14·14(H2O) Approved IMA 1981NAME ORIGIN: Named for Raymond W. Ludden, chief geologist, Phelps-Dodge Corporation.
Ludjibaite Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1988NAME 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)2·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Ludlam (1824-1880), English mineralogist and collector.
Ludlockite - See Ludlockite-(Pb)
Ludlockite (Fe++,Pb)As+++++2O6 Approved IMA 1970NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Ludlow Smith III and C. Locke Key, mineral collectors and dealers in New Jersy.
Ludlockite-Pb - See Ludlockite
Ludlockite-(Pb) PbFe+++4As+++10O22 Not Approved IMA 1977NAME ORIGIN: Named for mineral dealers Ludlow Smith and Locke Key, who discovered the mineral.
Ludwigite Mg2Fe+++BO5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian chemist, Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915).
Lueneburgite - See Luneburgite
Lueshite NaNbO3 Approved IMA 1959NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lueshe, Goma, Congo, Zaire.
Luetheite Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4·(H2O) Approved IMA 1977NAME 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.
Luneburgite Mg3B2(PO4)2(OH)6·5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liineburg, 40 km south-southeast of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Lunijianlaite LiAl6(Si7Al)O20(OH)10 Approved IMA 1990NAME ORIGIN: Named for "chlorite alternating with pyrophyllite".
Lunnite - See Pseudomalachite
Lunokite (Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe++,Mn)Al(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1983NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lun'ok River, nearby Mt. Vasin-Myl'k, Russia.
Lun'okite - See Lunokite
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’s Republic of China.
Lusungite - See Goyazite
Lusungite (Sr,Pb)Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) Discredited IMA 1983 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1958 for the Lusungu River, Zaire.
Lusungite - See Benauite
Lutecine - See Lutecite
Lutecite SiO2 Not Approved IMANAME ORIGIN: Named in 1892.
Luzonite Cu3AsS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY: Mancayan, Luzon Island, Phillippines.
Lyndochite - See Euxenite-(Y)
Lyonsite Cu++3Fe+++4(VO4)6 Approved IMA 1987NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Bartholomew Lyons (1916-1998), Professor of Mineralogy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
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