Mineral Specimen Images (L)

Labradorite: (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8  
Plagioclase: (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8

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 Bøggild exsolution lamellae.
Location: Ihosy, Betroka district, Toliara Province, Madagascar. Scale: Picture size 3x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Labradorite: (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8  
Plagioclase: (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8

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 Bøggild exsolution lamellae.
Location: Ihosy, Betroka district, Toliara Province, Madagascar. Scale: Picture size 3x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Labuntsovite-Fe: Na4K4(Ba,K)2(Fe,Mg,Mn)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)

Comments: Orange labuntsovite-Fe in matrix.
Location: Desourdy Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canad. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Labuntsovite-Fe: Na4K4(Ba,K)2(Fe,Mg,Mn)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)

Comments: Orange labuntsovite-Fe in matrix.
Location: Desourdy Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canad. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Labuntsovite-Mg: Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mg,Fe)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)

Comments: Orange-brown crystal of labuntsovite-Mg, sitting on a bed of platy catapleiite crystals, with dolomite.
Location: Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Crystal Size 0.15 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Labuntsovite-Mg: Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mg,Fe)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)

Comments: Orange-brown crystal of labuntsovite-Mg, sitting on a bed of platy catapleiite crystals, with dolomite.
Location: Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Crystal Size 0.15 cm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Labuntsovite-Mn: Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mn,Fe)1+x(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·n(H2O), n=10-12

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

Labuntsovite-Mn: Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mn,Fe)1+x(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·n(H2O), n=10-12

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

Labyrinthite: (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3

Comments: Rose-colored crystal fragment of labyrinthite.
Location: Koashva Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal Size 3 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Labyrinthite: (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3

Comments: Rose-colored crystal fragment of labyrinthite.
Location: Koashva Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal Size 3 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Lacroixite: NaAl(PO4)F  
Berlinite: AlPO4

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

Lacroixite: NaAl(PO4)F  
Berlinite: AlPO4

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: 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

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

Laflammeite: Pd3Pb2S2  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: SEM image showing intergrowths of laflammeite (LF) with complexly zoned vysotskite (VS). The surrounding material is epoxy (black). (CanMin, v40:671).
Location: Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit, Penikat layered complex, Finland. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Laflammeite: Pd3Pb2S2  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: SEM image showing intergrowths of laflammeite (LF) with complexly zoned vysotskite (VS). The surrounding material is epoxy (black). (CanMin, v40:671).
Location: Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit, Penikat layered complex, Finland. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Laihunite: Fe++Fe+++2(SiO4)2

Comments: B&W optical micrograph of eulysite in reflected light. Fayalite (Fa) in dark gray with rhe layered laihunite (La) in light gray, pyroxene (Py), and magnetite (Mt). AmMin v69:154.
Location: Hebei Iron mine, China. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Laihunite: Fe++Fe+++2(SiO4)2

Comments: B&W optical micrograph of eulysite in reflected light. Fayalite (Fa) in dark gray with rhe layered laihunite (La) in light gray, pyroxene (Py), and magnetite (Mt). AmMin v69:154.
Location: Hebei Iron mine, China. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Laitakarite: Bi4(Se,S)3

Comments: Polished section (PPL) image of fine grains of laitakarite (bladed-lait)) disseminated through massive chalcopyrite (cp) and pyrrhotite (po) at the top of the chalcopyrite stringer zone.
Location: Giant Kidd Creek Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Scale: F.V. = 0.5 mm.
© National Resouces of Canada

Laitakarite: Bi4(Se,S)3

Comments: Polished section (PPL) image of fine grains of laitakarite (bladed-lait)) disseminated through massive chalcopyrite (cp) and pyrrhotite (po) at the top of the chalcopyrite stringer zone.
Location: Giant Kidd Creek Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide deposit, Western Abitibi Subprovince, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Scale: F.V. = 0.5 mm.
© National Resouces of Canada