Mineral Specimen Images (L)

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  
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  
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  
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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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