Mineral Specimen Images (L)

Linarite: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2  
Schulenbergite: (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3(H2O)

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: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

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: CuCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·~9(H2O)

Comments: Greenish crystals of lindackerite.
Location: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lindackerite: CuCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·~9(H2O)

Comments: Greenish crystals of lindackerite.
Location: Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusné Hory (Erzgebirge), Západoceský Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Picture size 2.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Lindbergite: Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)  
Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5

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: Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)

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

Lindbergite: Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)  
Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5

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: Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O)

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: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2

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

Lindgrenite: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2

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

Lindqvistite: Pb2(Mn++,Mg)Fe+++16027

Comments: Black-metallic grains of lindqvistite.
Location: Jakobsberg, Nordmark, Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Box Size 4 x 6 cm.
© Sonke Stolze / Systematic Minerals

Lindqvistite: Pb2(Mn++,Mg)Fe+++16027

Comments: Black-metallic grains of lindqvistite.
Location: Jakobsberg, Nordmark, Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Box Size 4 x 6 cm.
© Sonke Stolze / Systematic Minerals

Lindsleyite: (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38

Comments: Lindsleyite (L) enclosing chrome spinel (C) and surrounded by chrome diopside (Cpx). Sample JJG-360, Bultfontein. B&W reflected light in air. (AmMin, v68:494).
Location: Metasomatized peridotites and heavy media concentrates from four kimberlites in the Republic of South Africa. Scale: Scale Bar 0.2 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Lindsleyite: (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38

Comments: Lindsleyite (L) enclosing chrome spinel (C) and surrounded by chrome diopside (Cpx). Sample JJG-360, Bultfontein. B&W reflected light in air. (AmMin, v68:494).
Location: Metasomatized peridotites and heavy media concentrates from four kimberlites in the Republic of South Africa. Scale: Scale Bar 0.2 mm.
© American Mineralogist

Lindstromite: Pb3Cu3Bi7S15

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

Lindstromite: Pb3Cu3Bi7S15

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

Lingunite: (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8  
Ringwoodite: Mg2SiO4  
Majorite: Mg3(Fe,Al,Si)2(SiO4)3

Comments: BSE image showing chondritic xenoliths and impact melt veins of lingunite (Lgt). Olivine (Olv), pyroxene (Pyx), maskelynite (Ms glass), ringwoodite (Rgt), and majorite (Mjt). Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43, No 5, 823-828 (2008).
Location: Polished thin section of the Sixiangkou meteorite. Scale: See Image.
© Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Lingunite: (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8  
Ringwoodite: Mg2SiO4  
Majorite: Mg3(Fe,Al,Si)2(SiO4)3

Comments: BSE image showing chondritic xenoliths and impact melt veins of lingunite (Lgt). Olivine (Olv), pyroxene (Pyx), maskelynite (Ms glass), ringwoodite (Rgt), and majorite (Mjt). Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43, No 5, 823-828 (2008).
Location: Polished thin section of the Sixiangkou meteorite. Scale: See Image.
© Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Linnaeite: Co++Co+++2S4

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

Linnaeite: Co++Co+++2S4

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