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Laffittite: AgHgAsS3
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
Laphamite: As2(Se,S)3
Comments: Brown grain of laphamite. Location: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Scale: Grain size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Larderellite: (NH4)B5O6(OH)4
Comments: Colorless larderellite crystals. Location: Larderello, Cecina Valley, Pisa province, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Laurite: RuS2 Hollingworthite: (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS
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
Lautite: CuAsS
Comments: Metallic dark gray Lautite aggregate. Location: Rudolph Shaft, Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Specimen size 3 cm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Lazarenkoite: CaFe++As+++3O7·3(H2O)
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
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
Lemmleinite-Ba: Na2K2Ba1-xTi4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·5(H2O)
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: NaK2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O12(O,OH)2·2(H2O)
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
Lenaite: AgFeS2
Comments: PPL polished section showing eutectic intergrowth of violet-brown lenaite with bluish-grey stephanite and freibergite (grey with a slight brownish tint). Location: Privolnoye deposit, Central Yakutia, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.14 mm. © Thomas Witzke