List of minerals L (complete)
This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter L. The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).
The list is divided into groups:
- Introduction • (Main synonyms)
- A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P–Q • R • S • T • U–V • W–X • Y–Z
The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA2014'.
The minerals are sorted by name with the year of publication (if it's before of an IMA approval procedure), followed by the IMA approval and the Nickel–Strunz code. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).
- Abbreviations:
- D – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- Q – questionable/ doubtful (IMA/CNMNC, mindat.org or mineralienatlas.de status).
- N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC, or just not an IMA approved mineral but with some acceptance in the scientific community nowadays.
- I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
- H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.)
- ch – incomplete description, hypothetical solid solution end member.
- Rd – redefinition of ...
- "s.p." – special procedure.
- group – a name used to designate a group of species, sometimes only a mineral group name.
- no – no link available.
- IUPAC – chemical name.
- Y: 1NNN – year of publication.
- Y: old – known before publications were available.
L
La – Le
- Laachite (IMA2012-100) 04.?? [no]
(Chemical formula: (Ca,Mn)2Zr2Nb2TiFeO14) - Labuntsovite 09.CE.30e
- Labyrinthite (IMA2002-065) 09.CO.10
- Lacroixite (Y: 1914) 08.BH.10
(IUPAC: Sodium aluminium phosphate fluoride) - Laffittite (IMA1973-031) 02.GA.35
(IUPAC: Silver mercury arsenide trisulfide) - Laflammeite (IMA2000-014) 02.BC.60
(IUPAC: Tripalladium dilead disulfide) - Laforêtite (IMA1995-006) 02.CB.10a
(IUPAC: Silver indium disulfide) - Lafossaite (IMA2003-032) 03.AA.25
(IUPAC: Thallium chloride) - Lahnsteinite (IMA2012-002) 07.?? [no]
(IUPAC: Tetrazinc sulfate hexahydroxyl trihydrate) - Laihunite (IMA1988-xxx, 1976) 09.AC.05
- Laitakarite (IMA1967 s.p., 1959) 02.DC.05
(IUPAC: Tetrabismuth triselenide) - Lakargiite (IMA2007-014) 04.CC.30 [no]
(IUPAC: Calcium zirconium trioxide) - Lakebogaite (IMA2007-001) 08.EA.20 [no]
- Lalondeite (IMA2002-026) 09.EE.85
- Lammerite (IMA1980-016) 08.AB.30
(IUPAC: Tricopper diarsenate) - Lamprophyllite (Y: 1894) 09.BE.25
(IUPAC: Trisodium (strontium sodium) trititanium disorosilicate (Si2O7) dioxy dihydroxyl) - Lanarkite (Y: 1832) 07.BD.40
(IUPAC: Dilead oxysulfate) - Landauite (IMA1965-033) 04.CC.40
- Landesite (IMA1964 s.p., 1930 Rd) 08.CC.05
(IUPAC: Nonamanganese(II) triiron(III) octaphosphate trihydroxyl nonahydrate) - Långbanite (IMA1971 s.p., 1888) 09.AG.10
- Långbanshyttanite (IMA2010-071) 08.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Dilead dimanganese magnesium diarsenate tetrahydroxyl hexahydrate) - Langbeinite (Y: 1891) 07.AC.10
(IUPAC: Dipotassium dimagnesium trisulfate) - Langisite (IMA1968-023) 02.CC.05
(IUPAC: Cobalt arsenide) - Langite (Y: 1864) 07.DD.10
(IUPAC: Tetracopper sulfate hexahydroxyl dihydrate) - Lanmuchangite (IMA2001-018) 07.CC.20
(IUPAC: Thallium aluminium disulfate dodecahydrate) - Lannonite (IMA1979-069) 07.DF.40
- Lansfordite (Y: 1888) 05.CA.10
(IUPAC: Magnesium carbonate pentahydrate) - Lanthanite 05.CC.25
- Lapeyreite (IMA2003-023b) 08.?? [no]
(IUPAC: Tricopper oxydi(hydrogenarsenate) monohydrate) - Laphamite (IMA1985-021) 02.FA.30
(IUPAC: Diarsenic triselenide) - Lapieite (IMA1983-002) 02.GA.25
(IUPAC: Copper nickel antimonide trisulfide) - Laplandite-(Ce) (IMA1974-005) 09.DJ.10
- Laptevite-(Ce) (IMA2011-081) 09.?? [no]
- Larderellite (Y: 1854) 06.EB.05
- Larisaite (IMA2002-061) 04.JH.25
- Larnite (Y: 1929) 09.AD.05
(IUPAC: β-dicalcium nesosilicate) - Larosite (IMA1971-014) 02.LB.35
- Larsenite (Y: 1928) 09.AB.10
(IUPAC: Lead zinc nesosilicate) - Lasalite (IMA2007-005) 04.HC.05
- Latiumite (Y: 1953) 09.EG.45
- Latrappite (IMA1964-019) 04.CC.30
- Laueite (Y: 1954) 08.DC.30
(IUPAC: Manganese(II) diiron(III) diphosphate dihydroxyl octahydrate) - Laumontite (IMA1997 s.p., 1805) 09.GB.10
- Launayite (IMA1966-021) 02.LB.30
(IUPAC: Docosalead hexaicosaantimonide hentrihexacontasulfide) - Laurelite (IMA1988-020a) 03.DC.20
(IUPAC: Heptalead dodecafluoride dichloride) - Laurentianite (IMA2010-018) 09.?? [no]
- Laurionite (Y: 1887) 03.DC.05
(IUPAC: Lead chloride hydroxyl) - Laurite (Y: 1866) 02.EB.05a
(IUPAC: Ruthenium disulfide) - Lausenite (Y: 1928) 07.CB.70
(IUPAC: Diiron(III) trisulfate pentahydrate) - Lautarite (Y: 1891) 04.KA.05
(IUPAC: Calcium diiodate) - Lautenthalite (IMA1983-029) 07.DE.70
(IUPAC: Lead tetracopper disulfate hexahydroxyl trihydrate) - Lautite (Y: 1881) 02.CB.40
(IUPAC: Copper arsenide sulfide) - Lavendulan (Y: 1837) 08.DG.05
(IUPAC: Sodium calcium pentacopper tetraarsenate chloride pentahydrate) - Låvenite (Y: 1884) 09.BE.17
- Lavinskyite (IMA2012-028) 09.?? [no] [no]
(Chemical formula: K(LiCu)Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4) - Lavoisierite (IMA2012-009) 09.?? [no]
- Lavrentievite (IMA1984-020) 02.FC.15a
(IUPAC: Trimercury disulfide dichloride) - Lawrencite (Y: 1845) 03.AB.20
(IUPAC: Iron(II) dichloride) - Lawsonbauerite (IMA1979-004) 07.DD.40
(IUPAC: Nonamanganese(II) tetrazinc disulfate docosahydroxyl octahydrate) - Lawsonite (Y: 1895) 09.BE.05
(IUPAC: Calcium dialuminium sorosilicate (Si2O7) dihydroxyl monohydrate) - Lazarenkoite (IMA1980-076) 04.JC.10
(IUPAC: Calcium iron(III) triarsenic(III) heptaoxide trihydrate) - Lazaridisite (IMA2012-043) 07.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Tri(cadmium sulfate) tetrahydrate) - Lazulite (IMA1967 s.p., 1795) 08.BB.40
(IUPAC: Magnesium dialuminium diphosphate dihydroxyl) - LazuriteQ (Y: 1891) 09.FB.10
Note: all known lazurites seem to be a variety of haüyne (Moore & Woodside, 2014) - Lead (XIX century for native lead, probably) 01.AA.05
- Leadamalgam (IMA1981-042) 01.AD.30
(IUPAC: (0.7)Lead(0.3) mercury amalgam) - Leadhillite (Y: 1832) 05.BF.40
(IUPAC: Tetralead sulfate dicarbonate dihydroxyl) - LechatelieriteQ (Y: 1915) 04.DA.30 [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Silicon dioxide) - Lecontite (Y: 1858) 07.CD.15
(IUPAC: Ammonium sodium sulfate dihydrate) - Lecoqite-(Y) (IMA2008-069) 05.?? [no]
(IUPAC: Sodium yttrium carbonate hexahydrate) - Lefontite (IMA2014-075) 08.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Diiron dialuminium beryllium diphosphate hexahydroxyl) - Legrandite (Y: 1932) 08.DC.10
(IUPAC: Dizinc arsenate hydroxyl monohydrate) - Leguernite (IMA2013-051) 07.?? [no] [no]
(Chemical formula: Bi12.67O14(SO4)5) - Lehnerite (IMA1986-032) 08.EB.10
(IUPAC: Manganese(II) diuranyl diphosphate octahydrate) - Leifite (IMA2002 s.p., 1915 Rd) 09.EH.25
- Leightonite (Y: 1938) 07.CC.70
(IUPAC: Dipotassium dicalcium copper tetrasulfate dihydrate) - Leisingite (IMA1995-011) 04.FL.65
(IUPAC: Copper dimagnesium tellurium(VI) hexaoxide hexahydrate) - Leiteite (IMA1976-026) 04.JA.05
(IUPAC: Zinc diarsenic(III) tetraoxide) - Lemanskiite (IMA1999-037) 08.DG.05
(IUPAC: Sodium calcium pentacopper tetraarsenate chloride pentahydrate) - Lemmleinite 09.CE.30d
- Lemoynite (IMA1968-013) 09.DP.35
- Lenaite (IMA1994-008) 02.CB.10a
(IUPAC: Silver iron disulfide) - Lengenbachite (Y: 1905) 02.HF.30
(IUPAC: Tetrasilver dicopper octadecalead dodecaarsenide nonatricontasulfide) - Leningradite (IMA1988-014) 08.BH.65
(IUPAC: Lead tricopper divanadate dichloride) - Lennilenapeite (IMA1982-085) 09.EG.40
- Lenoblite (IMA1970-002) 04.HG.60
(IUPAC: Divanadium(IV) tetraoxide dihydrate) - Leogangite (IMA1998-032) 08.CC.15
(IUPAC: Decacopper tetraarsenate tetrasulfate hexahydroxyl octahydrate) - Leonardsenite (IMA2011-059) 03.?? [no]
(IUPAC: Magnesium aluminium pentafluoride dihydrate) - Leonite (Y: 1896) 07.CC.55
(IUPAC: Dipotassium magnesium disulfate tetrahydrate) - Leoszilardite (IMA2015-128) 05.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: hexasodium magnesium diuranyl hexacarbonate hexahydrate) - Lepersonnite-(Gd) (IMA1981-036) 05.EG.10
- Lepidocrocite (IMA1980 s.p., 1944) 04.FE.15
(IUPAC: γ-Iron(III) oxyhydroxide) - Lepidolite, mica series (Y: 1905) 09.EC.20
Note: polylithionite-trilithionite series. - Lepkhenelmite-Zn (IMA2003-003) 09.CE.30c
- Lermontovite (Y: 1957) 08.DN.15
(IUPAC: Uranium(IV) phosphate hydroxyl monohydrate) - Lesukite (IMA1996-004) 03.BD.10 [no]
(IUPAC: Dialuminium pentahydroxyl chloride dihydrate) - Letovicite (Y: 1932) 07.AD.20
(IUPAC: Triammonium sulfate hydrogensulfate) - Leucite (IMA1997 s.p., 1791) 09.GB.05
- Leucophanite (Y: 1842) 09.DH.05
- Leucophoenicite (Y: 1899) 09.AF.60
(IUPAC: Heptamanganese(II) trinesosilicate dihydroxyl) - Leucophosphite (Y: 1932) 08.DH.10
(IUPAC: Potassium diiron(III) diphosphate hydroxyl dihydrate) - Leucosphenite (Y: 1901) 09.DP.15
- Leucostaurite (IMA2007-047) 06.EA.05 [no] [no]
- Leverettite (IMA2013-011) 03.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Tricopper cobalt dichloride hexahydroxide) - Levinsonite-(Y) (IMA1996-057) 10.AB.70
- Lévyclaudite (IMA1989-034) 02.HF.25a
- Lévyne 09.GD.15
- Leydetite (IMA2012-065) 07.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Iron uranyl disulfate undecahydrate)
Li – Ly
- Liandratite (IMA1975-039) 04.DH.35
(IUPAC: Uranium(VI) diniobium octaoxide) - Liberite (IMA1967 s.p., 1964) 09.AA.10
(IUPAC: Dilithium beryllium nesosilicate) - Libethenite (Y: 1789) 08.BB.30
(IUPAC: Dicopper phosphate hydroxyl) - LiddicoatiteH 09.CK.05 [no] [no]
(Note: former liddicoatite was renamed fluor-liddicoatite, formally discredited 2011) - Liebauite (IMA1990-040) 09.DO.25
- Liebenbergite (IMA1972-033) 09.AC.05
(IUPAC: Dinickel nesosilicate) - Liebermannite (IMA2013-128) 09.?? [no] [no]
- Liebigite (Y: 1848) 05.ED.20
(IUPAC: Dicalcium uranyl tricarbonate undecahydrate) - Likasite (Y: 1955) 05.ND.05
(IUPAC: Tricopper nitrate pentahydroxyl dihydrate) - Lileyite (IMA2011-021) 09.BE.25 [no]
- Lillianite (Y: 1890) 02.JB.40a
(IUPAC: Trilead dibismuth hexasulfide) - Lime (Y: 1882) 04.AB.25
(IUPAC: Calcium oxide) - Linarite (Y: 1822) 07.BC.65
(IUPAC: Lead copper sulfate dihydroxyl) - Lindackerite (IMA1995 s.p., 1853 Rd) 08.CE.30
(IUPAC: Pentacopper diarsenate dihydrogenarsenate nonahydrate) - Lindbergite (IMA2003-029) 10.AB.05 [no]
(IUPAC: Manganese(II) oxalate dihydrate) - Lindgrenite (Y: 1935) 07.GB.05
(IUPAC: Tricopper dimolybdate dihydroxyl) - Lindqvistite (IMA1991-038) 04.CC.45
(IUPAC: Dilead manganese(II) hexadecairon(III) heptacosaoxide) - Lindsleyite (IMA1982-086) 04.CC.40
- Lindströmite (IMA1975-005a) 02.HB.05a
(IUPAC: Trilead tricopper heptabismuth pentadecasulfide) - Línekite (IMA2012-066) 05.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Dipotassium tricalcium di[uranyl tricarbonate] heptahydrate) - Lingunite (IMA2004-054) 09.FA.70 [no]
- Linnaeite (Y: 1845) 02.DA.05
(IUPAC: Cobalt(II) dicobalt(III) tetrasulfide) - Lintisite (IMA1989-025) 09.DB.15
(IUPAC: Trisodium lithium dititanium dioxy diinosilicate with 2-periodic single chains (Si2O6) dihydrate) - Linzhiite (IMA2010-011) 01.BB.20 [no]
(IUPAC: Iron disilicide) - Liottite (IMA1975-036) 09.FB.05
- Lipscombite (Y: 1953) 08.BB.90
(IUPAC: Iron(II) diiron(III) diphosphate dihydroxyl) - Lipuite (IMA2014-085) 09.??. [no] [no]
- Liroconite (Y: 1822) 08.DF.20
(IUPAC: Dicopper aluminium arsenate tetrahydroxyl tetrahydrate) - Lisetite (IMA1985-017) 09.FA.55
- Lishizhenite (IMA1989-002) 07.CB.75
(IUPAC: Zinc diiron(III) tetrasulfate tetradecahydrate) - Lisiguangite (IMA2007-003) 02.GA.25
(IUPAC: Copper platinum bismuth trisulfide) - Lisitsynite (IMA2000-008) 09.FA.25 [no]
- LiskearditeQ (Y: 1874) 08.DF.10
- Lislkirchnerite (IMA2015-064) 05.N?. [no]
- Litharge (Y: 1917) 04.AC.20
(IUPAC: Lead oxide) - Lithiomarsturite (IMA1988-035) 09.DK.05
- Lithiophilite (Y: 1878) 08.AB.10
(IUPAC: Lithium manganese(II) phosphate) - Lithiophorite (Y: 1870) 04.FE.25
- Lithiophosphate (Y: 1957) 08.AA.20
(IUPAC: Trilithium phosphate) - Lithiotantite (IMA1982-022) 04.DB.40
(IUPAC: Lithium tritantalum octaoxide) - Lithiowodginite (IMA1988-011) 04.DB.40
(IUPAC: Lithium tritantalum octaoxide) - Lithosite (IMA1982-049) 09.GB.05
- Litidionite (IMA2014-C, 1880) 09.DG.70
- Litochlebite (IMA2009-036) 02.HB.20e [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Disilver lead tetrabismuth octaselenide) - Litvinskite (IMA1999-017) 09.CJ.15a [no]
- Liveingite (Y: 1902) 02.HC.05c
(IUPAC: (18.5)Lead pentaicosaarsenide hexapentacontasulfide) - Liversidgeite (IMA2008-048) 08.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Hexazinc tetraphosphate heptahydrate) - Livingstonite (Y: 1874) 02.JA.05i
(IUPAC: Mercury tetraantimonide octasulfide) - Lizardite (Y: 1956) 09.ED.15
- Lobanovite (IMA2015-B, 1963) 09.DC.05
- Lokkaite-(Y) (IMA1969-045) 05.CC.15
(IUPAC: Calcium tetrayttrium heptacarbonate nonahydrate) - Löllingite (Y: 1845) 02.EB.15a
(IUPAC: Iron diarsenide) - Lomonosovite (IMA1967 s.p., 1950) 09.BE.32
(IUPAC: Pentasodium dititanium sorosilicate (Si2O7) phosphate dioxy) - Londonite (IMA1999-014) 06.GC.05
- Lonecreekite (IMA1982-063) 07.CC.20
(IUPAC: Ammonium iron(III) disulfate dodecahydrate) - Loparite-(Ce) (IMA1987 s.p., 1923) 04.CC.35
- Lopatkaite (IMA2012-083) 02.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Pentalead triantimonide arsenide undecasulfide) - Lópezite (IMA2007 s.p., 1937) 07.FD.05
(IUPAC: Potassium dichromate(VI)) - Lorándite (2007 s.p., 1894) 02.HD.05
(IUPAC: Thallium arsenide disulfide) - Loranskite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1899) 04.DG.05
(Note: an ill-defined material) - Lorenzenite (Y: 1901) 09.DB.10
(IUPAC: Disodium dititanium trioxy inosilicate with 2-periodic single chains, Si2O6) - Loseyite (Y: 1929) 05.BA.30
(IUPAC: Heptamanganese(II) dicarbonate decahydoxyl) - Lotharmeyerite (IMA1982-060 Rd) 08.CG.15
(IUPAC: Calcium dizinc diarsenate dihydrate) - Loudounite (IMA1982-013) 09.HF.10
- Loughlinite (IMA1967 s.p., 1960) 09.EE.25
- Lourenswalsite (IMA1987-005) 09.EJ.05
- Lovdarite (IMA1972-009) 09.GF.15
- Loveringite (IMA1977-023) 04.CC.40
- Lovozerite (Y: 1939) 09.CJ.15a
- Löweite (Y: 1847) 07.CC.45
(IUPAC: Dodecasodium heptamagnesium tridecasulfate pentadecahydrate) - Luanheite (IMA1983-083) 01.AD.15b
(IUPAC: Trisilver mercury amalgam) - Luanshiweiite (IMA2011-102) 09.?? [no] [no]
- Luberoite (IMA1990-047) 02.BC.35
(IUPAC: Pentaplatinum tetraselenide) - Lucabindiite (IMA2011-010) 08.?? [no] [no]
- Lucasite-(Ce) (IMA1986-020) 04.DH.10
(IUPAC: Cerium dititanium pentaoxide hydroxyl) - Lucchesiite (IMA2015-043) 09.??. [no]
- Luddenite (IMA1981-032) 09.HH.10
- Ludjibaite (IMA1987-009) 08.BD.25
(IUPAC: Pentacopper diphosphate tetrahydroxyl) - Ludlamite (Y: 1885) 08.CD.20
(IUPAC: Triiron(II) diphosphate tetrahydrate) - Ludlockite (IMA1969-046) 04.JA.45
(IUPAC: Lead tetrairon(III) decaarsenic(III) docosaoxide) - Ludwigite (Y: 1874) 06.AB.30
(IUPAC: Dimagnesium iron(III) dioxyborate) - Lueshite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 04.CC.30
(IUPAC: Sodium niobium trioxide) - Luetheite (IMA1976-011) 08.DD.05
(IUPAC: Dicopper dialuminium diarsenate tetrahydroxyl monohydrate) - Luinaite-(OH) (IMA2009-046) 09.C?. [no] [no]
- Lukechangite-(Ce) (IMA1996-033) 05.BD.05
(IUPAC: Trisodium dicerium tetracarbonate fluoride) - Lukkulaisvaaraite (IMA2013-115) 02.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Tetradecapalladium disilver nonatelluride) - Lukrahnite (IMA1999-030) 08.CG.20 [no]
- Lulzacite (IMA1998-039) 08.BK.25 [no]
(IUPAC: Distrontium triiron(II) tetraluminium tetraphosphate decahydroxyl) - Lüneburgite (Y: 1870) 06.AC.60
- Lunijianlaite (IMA1989-056) 09.EC.60
Note: a regular 1:1 interstratification of cookeite and pyrophyllite. - Lun'okite (IMA1982-058) 08.??
(IUPAC: Magnesium manganese(II) aluminium diphosphate hydroxyl tetrahydrate) - Luobusaite (IMA2005-052a) 01.BB.25
(IUPAC: (0.84)Iron disilicide) - Luogufengite (IMA2016-005) 04.??. [no] [no]
(IUPAC: diiron trioxide) - Lusernaite-(Y) (IMA2011-108) 05.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Tetrayttrium aluminium dicarbonate decahydroxyl fluoride hexahydrate) - Luzonite (Y: 1874) 02.KA.10
(IUPAC: Tricopper arsenide tetrasulfide) - Lyonsite (IMA1986-041) 08.AB.40
(IUPAC: Tricopper(II) tetrairon(III) hexavanadate)
External links
- IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ RRUFF Project
- Mindat.org - The Mineral Database
- Webmineral.com
- Mineralatlas.eu minerals K and L