Glossary of Obsolete Mineral Names --L

L.120 = clay, Robertson 22 (1954). 

laavenite = låvenite, Dana 6th, 375 (1892). 

labite = palygorskite, AM 22, 811 (1937). 

laboentsowiet = labuntsovite-Mn, Council for Geoscience 765 (1996). 

laboita = vesuvianite, de Fourestier 191 (1999). 

laboundsovite = labuntsovite-Mn, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

labountsovite = labuntsovite-Mn, MM 35, 1141 (1966). 

Labrador (Frankenheim) = meionite, Egleston 118 (1892). 

labrador (Rose) = Na-rich anorthite, MM 20, 354 (1925). 

Labrador-Bytownit = Na-rich anorthite, Hintze II, 1513 (1896). 

labradore-stone = Na-rich anorthite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

Labrador feldspar = Na-rich anorthite, Dana 6th, 334 (1892). 

Labrador-Feldspat = Na-rich anorthite, Kipfer 107 (1974). 

Labrador-Feldspath = Na-rich anorthite, Clark 383 (1993). 

labrador-felspar = Na-rich anorthite, Clark 383 (1993). 

Labrador hornblende = Fe-rich enstatite or Mg-rich ferrosilite, AM 63, 

1051 (1978). 

labradorische Hornblende = Fe-rich enstatite or Mg-rich ferrosilite, Dana 

6th, 348 (1892). 

Labradoriserende Feltspat = Na-rich anorthite, Zirlin 71 (1981). 

labradorite (intermediate) = Na-rich anorthite, Dana 6th, 334 (1892). 

labradorite-felsite = Na-rich anorthite, Dana 6th, 334 (1892). 

labradorite-moonstone = gem Na-rich anorthite, Schumann 164 (1977). 

Labradorit-Mondstein = gem Na-rich anorthite, Chudoba EIV, 48 (1974). 

labradorkő = Na-rich anorthite, László 155 (1995). 

labrador moonstone = gem Na-rich anorthite, Read 131 (1988). 

Labrador oder schillerenden rauten förmigen Feldspath = chrysotile ± 

lizardite or talc or anthophyllite, Clark 620 (1993). 

labrador schiller spar = Fe-rich enstatite or Mg-rich ferrosilite, 

Egleston 162 (1892). 

labrador spar = gem Na-rich anorthite, Read 131 (1988). 

Labradorstein = Na-rich anorthite, Dana 6th, 334 (1892). 

labrador stone = Na-rich anorthite, Chester 149 (1896). 

labradownite = Na-rich anorthite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

labratownite = Na-rich anorthite, AM 11, 138 (1926). 

labrodorite = Na-rich anorthite, AM 44, 893 (1959). 

labsuntovite = labuntsovite-Mn, AM Index 41-50, 14 (1968). 

labuncovit = labuntsovite-Mn, László 155 (1995). 

labuntsovite (Milton et al.) = paralabuntsovite-Mg, CM 41, 801 (2003). 

labuntsovite (Semenov & Burova) = labuntsovite-Mn, EJM 14, 169 (2002). 

labuntsovite-(NaKBaFe) = Na4K4BaFeTi8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·10H2O, IMA 1998-051. 

labuntsovite-(NaKBaMg) = Na4K4BaMgTi8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·10H2O, IMA 1998-050. 

labuntsovite- = ( ,Na,K)8( ,Mg,Fe)2Ti8[Si4O12]4(OH,O)8·nH2O, EJM 14, 168 

(2002). 

labuntsovite-I = labuntsovite- , EJM 14, 171 (2002). 

labuntsovite-II = Na-rich labuntsovite-Mn, EJM 6, 503 (1994); 14, 171 

(2002). 

labuntsovite-III = lemmleinite-K, EJM 14, 171 (2002). 

Labuntsowit = labuntsovite-Mn, Clark 383 (1993). 

labuntzovite = labuntsovite-Mn, MM 31, 964 (1958). 

Labuntzowit = labuntsovite-Mn, Chudoba EII, 747 (1959). 

labunzovite = labuntsovite-Mn, MM 35, 1141 (1966). 

Labunzowit = labuntsovite-Mn, Chudoba EII, 747 (1959).

laceachát = blue + white banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, László 1 

(1995). 

lace agate = blue + white banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, O'Donoghue 

309 (2006). 

Lac Lunae = fine-grained calcite, Clark 383 (1993). 

lacre = massive quartz ± red hematite ± brown goethite, Cornejo & 

Bartorelli 223 (2010). 

Lacroisit = rhodochrosite + rhodonite, MM 13, 370 (1903). 

lacroixite (?) = rhodochrosite + tephroite + rhodonite, Dana 7th II, 171 

(1951). 

laculite = lazulite, AM 44, 910 (1959). 

lacullan = calcite + coal, Bates & Jackson 365 (1987). 

Ladin = iridium, Hintze I.1, 137 (1898). 

Ladlokit = ludlockite, Chudoba EIV, 48 (1974). 

lady's ice = transparent gypsum, Bukanov 284 (2006). 

lady's slipper = siderite pseudomorph after baryte, Clark 384 (1993). 

lafittite = laffittite, MA 26, 1395 (1975). 

Laforetit = laforêtite, Weiss 146 (2008); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

Lagenachat = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Extra LAP 19, 7 (2000). 

lágenkő = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, László 138 (1995). 

Lagenquarz = layered quartz, Hintze I.2, 1346 (1905). 

Lagenstein = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Haditsch & Maus 112 

(1974). 

laggisite = unknown, MP 94, 175 (2008). 

lagonite = sassolite + goethite ± ferrihydrite, Dana 7th I, 663 (1944). 

Lagoriolith = hypothetical garnet Na6Al2[SiO4]3, AM 57, 1317 (1972). 

Laguna = pale-violet quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Bukanov 135 (2006). 

Lagunit = sassolite + goethite ± ferrihydrite, Dana 6th, 882 (1892). 

lágyezüstérc = acanthite, László 155 (1995). 

lágymangánérc = pyrolusite, László 293 (1995). 

La-hectorite = La-exchanged hectorite, CCM 32, 103 (1984). 

laihoeniet = laihunite, Council for Geoscience 765 (1996). 

Laitakariitti = laitakarite, Clark 384 (1993). 

lait de lune = fibrous calcite, Egleston 63 (1892). 

lait de montagne = dendritic calcite, Egleston 65 (1892). 

laiton = Cu+Zn (brass), Novitzky 367 (1951). 

lajhunit = laihunite, László 155 (1995). 

lajwar = sodalite, Bukanov 156 (2006). 

Lake copper = copper, Thrush 621 (1968). 

Lake County diamond = transparent quartz, Bukanov 391 (2006). 

Lake George-Diamant = transparent quartz, Haditsch & Maus 112 (1974). 

Lake George diamond = transparent quartz, Dana 7th III, 193 (1962). 

Lake George-igyémánt = transparent quartz, László 95 (1995). 

lake ore = goethite, Bates & Jackson 366 (1978). 

lake salt = halite, Egleston 147 (1892). 

Lake Superior agate = thomsonite-Ca or banded quartz-mogánite mixedlayer, 

Webster & Anderson 957 (1983). 

Lake Superior fire agate = glass (imitation opal), László 1 (1995). 

Lake Superior greenstone = pumpellyite-(Mg), Read 131 (1988). 

lal = spinel, Bukanov 409 (2006). 

lamber = amber, Thrush 622 (1968). 

lambertite = uranophane, AM 11, 157 (1926). 

lambourdes = calcite (limestone), de Fourestier 191 (1999). 

lambre = amber, Thrush 622 (1968).

Lambrit = cohenite or schreibersite (meteorite), Clark 384 (1993). 

lambur = amber, Thrush 622 (1968). 

lamellar chalcocite = chalcocite + digenite + covellite + bornite, 

Uytenbogaardt & Burke 59 (1985). 

lamellarer Kupferglanz = chalcocite, Dana 7th I, 187 (1944). 

lamellar heavy spar = baryte, Egleston 39 (1892). 

lamellar mica = muscovite, Egleston 223 (1892). 

lamellar pyrites = marcasite, Bates & Jackson 367 (1987). 

lamellar serpentine = antigorite, Novitzky 181 (1951). 

lamellar zeolite = heulandite, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

Lamellenachat = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Haditsch & Maus 112 

(1974). 

laminated mica = muscovite, Egleston 223 (1892). 

(La)-monazite = monazite-(La), EJM 7, 1353 (1995). 

La-montmorillonite = La-exchanged montmorillonite, CCM 33, 89 (1985). 

La 3+ -montmorillonite = La 3+ -exchanged montmorillonite, CCM 33, 92 (1985). 

lampadite = Cu-bearing asbolane or crednerite ?, CM 44, 1559 (2006). 

Lampatit = Cu-bearing asbolane or crednerite ?, Kipfer 108 (1974). 

lampreophyllite = lamprophyllite, Deer et al. 1B, 626 (1986). 

Lamprit = cohenite or schreibersite (meteorite), Dana 6th, 29 (1892). 

lamprobolite = Fe 3+ -rich ferrohornblende or magnesiohornblende or 

hastingsite or magnesiohastingsite, AM 63, 1051 (1978). 

Lamprofan = Na-K-Ca-Pb-Mn-Mg-S-O-H, Chester 149 (1896). 

lamprofillit = lamprophyllite, László 155 (1995). 

Lamprophan or lamprophanite = Na-K-Ca-Pb-Mn-Mg-S-O-H, Dana 6th, 977 

(1892). 

lamprophyllite-orthorombique = lamprophyllite-2O, Aballain et al. 196 

(1968). 

Lamprostibian = melanostibite, AM 53, 1779 (1968). 

lamprosztibián = melanostibite, László 155 (1995). 

lana de Salamandra = fibrous amphibole or chrysotile, de Fourestier 192 

(1999). 

lana montana = fibrous amphibole, Dana 6th, 386 (1892). 

Lancaster diamond = transparent quartz, Bukanov 391 (2006). 

lancasterite = hydromagnesite + brucite, Clark 385 (1993). 

landerite = pink grossular, MM 14, 402 (1907). 

landevanite = pink Mn-rich montmorillonite pseudomorph after albite, MM 

14, 402 (1907). 

landonite = unknown, IMA 1999-014. 

landsbergite = moschellandsbergite, MM 27, 271 (1946). 

landscape agate = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer + pyrolusite, Read 

131 (1988). 

landscape jasper = red massive Fe-rich quartz + pyrolusite, Egleston 283 

(1892). 

landscape-marble = fine-grained banded calcite + pyrolusite + clay, 

Chester 150 (1896). 

landscape quartz = quartz + tourmaline, Bukanov 84 (2006). 

landscape ruin marble = fine-grained banded calcite + pyrolusite + clay, 

CGM Glossary Gem Materials 60 (2006). 

landscape stone = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer or mordenite, 

Bukanov 136, 247 (2006). 

Landschaftsachat = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer + pyrolusite, 

Chudoba RI, 37 (1939).

Landschaftsagat = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer + pyrolusite, Hintze 

I.2, 1472 (1906). 

Landschaftsjaspis = red massive Fe-rich quartz + pyrolusite, László 118 

(1995). 

Landschaftsmarmor = fine-grained banded calcite + pyrolusite + clay, LAP 

26(10), 15 (2001). 

laneite = ferrohornblende or ferropargasite, AM 63, 1051 (1978); MM 61, 

309 (1997). 

langaitukuang = brabantite, MM 46, 521 (1982). 

langasite = synthetic La3[(Ga5Si)O14], GG 37, 241 (2001). 

längbanite = långbanite, Lacroix 117 (1931). 

Langbanit = långbanite, Weiss 147 (2008); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

Langbanshyttanit = långbanshyttanite, LAP 36(7), 75 (2011). 

Langizit = langisite, Zirlin 73 (1981). 

lángopál = red opal-A, László 204 (1995). 

lángspinell = orange-red spinel, László 250 (1995). 

langstaffite = chondrodite, Chester 150 (1896). 

Languedoc marble = compact calcite, Egleston 64 (1892). 

lannaeite = linnaeite, Dana 8th, 1800 (1997). 

lantanita = lanthanite, Atencio 52 (2000). 

lantanita-(La) = lanthanite-(La), Atencio 52 (2000). 

lantanita-(Nd) = lanthanite-(Nd), Atencio 52 (2000). 

lantanocerit = La-rich cerite-(Ce), László 155 (1995). 

lanthan-cerium-scapolite = cerite-(Ce), Egleston 72 (1892). 

lanthanian lueshite = isolueshite, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

Lanthanit = lanthanite-(La), AM 72, 1042 (1987). 

lanthanite-Ce = lanthanite-(Ce), EJM 4, 1337 (1992). 

lanthanite-Nd = lanthanite-(Nd), Bates & Jackson 369 (1987). 

Lanthanocerit = La-rich cerite-(Ce), Dana 6th, 550 (1892). 

Lao Kan C'hing jade = blue actinolite or jadeite, Webster & Anderson 957 

(1983). 

Lao Kan-Huang jade = actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 402 (2006). 

lao yu = actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 256 (2006). 

lapides stanniferi spathacei = scheelite, Egleston 181 (1892). 

lapides stanniferi spathecei "lik en huit spat" = scheelite, Dana 6th, 

985 (1892). 

la pierre phosphorique = apatite, Dana 6th, 762 (1892). 

lapilli nigri steriles = schorl, Dana 6th, xlv (1892). 

lapis = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Schumann 172 (1977). 

lapis alabandicus = alabandite, Papp 2 (2004). 

lapis ampelites = bituminous coal, Egleston 218 (1892). 

lapis armenicus = halloysite-10Å ± goethite, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

lapis armenius (Kirwan) = gypsum, Egleston 145 (1892). 

lapis armenius (Pliny) = azurite, Egleston 38 (1892). 

lapis armenius (?) = compact calcite (limestone), Egleston 64 (1892). 

lapis atramentarius = copiapite, Dana 6th, 941 (1892). 

lapis atramentarius flavus = copiapite, Dana 6th, 964 (1892). 

lapis atramenti = melanterite, Dana 6th, 941 (1892). 

lapis azul = gem lazurite ± calcite, Dana 6th, 432 (1892). 

lapis basanites = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Hintze I.2, 1475 (1906). 

lapis bononiensis = baryte, Dana 6th, 899 (1892). 

lapis bononiensis in obscuro lucens = baryte, Linck I.3, 3823 (1929). 

lapis calaminaris = hemimorphite, Dana 6th, 546 (1892). 

lapis calcareus = calcite, Haditsch & Maus 112 (1974).

lapis calcarius = calcite, Dana 6th, 262 (1892). 

lapis carystius = fibrous amphibole, Egleston 13 (1892). 

lapis colicus = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 14 (1892). 

lapis colubrinus = serpentine, Dana 6th, 669 (1892). 

lapis colubrinus lamellosus = Fe-rich clinochlore, Dana 6th, 653 (1892). 

lapis colubrinus lamellus = Fe-rich clinochlore, Egleston 182 (1892). 

lapis corneus = orthoclase, Dana 6th, 315 (1892). 

lapis crucifer = cross-formed twinned staurolite, Dana 6th, 558 (1892). 

lapis crucifer quem hispani vocat cruciatum = cross-formed twinned 

andalusite, Dana 6th, 496 (1892). 

lapis divinus = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 14 (1892). 

lapis hepaticus = baryte + bitumen, Dana 6th, 899 (1892). 

lapis indicus = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 14 (1892). 

lapis ischiadicus = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 14 (1892). 

lapis lazuli = lazurite or sodalite or nosean or haüyne, O'Donoghue 329 

(2006). 

lapislazzuli = lazurite or sodalite or nosean or haüyne, Zirlin 72 

(1981). 

lapis luminus = stibnite, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

lapis lunaris = orthoclase, Bukanov 279 (2006). 

lapis lydius = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Dana 6th, 189 (1892). 

lapis lyncurius = zircon, Egleston 378 (1892). 

Lapismalachit = azurite, Kipfer 108 (1974). 

lapis manganensis = pyrolusite, Dana 6th, 243 (1892). 

lapis mutabilis = opal-A, Egleston 238 (1892). 

lapis nephriticus = actinolite, Dana 6th, 386 (1892). 

lapis niger ex quo conflatur candidum plumbum = ferberite or hübnerite, 

Dana 6th, 982 (1892). 

lapis ollaris = talc ± chlorite, Dana 6th, 678 (1892). 

lapis phrygius = compact calcite (marble), de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

lapis saecularis = gypsum, Doelter IV.2, 120 (1926). 

lapis sappore = kyanite, Clark 614 (1993). 

lapis scissilis = talc, Dana 6th, 680 (1892). 

lapis serpentinus = serpentine, Dana 6th, 669 (1892). 

lapis specularis = gypsum, Dana 6th, 936 (1892). 

lapis subrutilus atque non fere aliter ac argenti spuma splendens et 

friabilis = arsenopyrite, Dana 6th, 97 (1892). 

lapis suillis = calcite + coal, AM 58, 1116 (1973). 

lapis tibertinus = fine-grained calcite, Dana 6th, 268 (1892). 

Lapis tiburtinus = fine-grained calcite, Tschermak 439 (1894). 

lápisz = synthetic Ag(NO3), László 156 (1995). 

lápisz lazuli = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, László 156 (1995). 

Laplandian turquoise = CO2-rich fluorapatite, Bukanov 188 (2006). 

Laplandia star = asteriated corundum, Bukanov 44 (2006). 

laplandite = laplandite-(Ce), AM 72, 1042 (1987). 

Laponite = synthetic smectite K0.3(Mg,Li)3[Si4O10]F2·nH2O, ClayM 9, 231 

(1971). 

Laponite-Na = synthetic smectite Na0.3(Mg,Li)3[Si4O10]F2·nH2O, MA 51, 2440 

(2000). 

lapparentite (Rost) = rostite, AM 64, 1331 (1979). 

lapparentite (Ungemach) = tamarugite, AM 26, 235 (1941). 

Lapplandit = laplandite-(Ce), Chudoba EIV, 363 (1975). 

la ramarita = descloizite, Dana 6th, 787 (1892). 

lardalo = talc-chlorite mixed-layer, Bukanov 314 (2006).

lardarellite = larderellite, Blackburn & Dennen 169 (1997). 

Lardellerit = larderellite, Chudoba RI, 37 (1939);[I.4,1450]. 

larderite = massive talc or pyrophyllite, Chester 150 (1896). 

lardites (Valmont de Bomare) = massive talc or pyrophyllite, Clark 386 

(1992). 

lardite (Zemyatchenskii) = opal-A, Clark 386 (2001). 

lard stone = massive talc or pyrophyllite, Bates & Jackson 369 (1987). 

largos = Pd-rich gold, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

larimar = blue gem Co-rich pectolite, Clark 387 (1993). 

larvachite = Na-rich anorthite, de Fourestier 192 (1999). 

larvikite = Na-rich anorthite, JG 28, 177 (2002). 

lasallite = palygorskite, Dana 6th II, 61 (1909). 

lasarenkoite = lazarenkoite, MM 48, 576 (1984). 

lasca = transparent quartz, O'Donoghue 505 (2006). 

Las Choyas geodes = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, MR 39, 72 (2008). 

Laser Gem = synthetic corundum + tausonite, MM 39, 911 (1974). 

Lasionit = wavellite, Dana 6th, 842 (1892). 

Laspeyrit = Mn-rich fayalite, MM 35, 1141 (1966). 

Lassalit = palygorskite, Chudoba EII, 472 (1955). 

lassallite = palygorskite, MM 13, 370 (1903). 

lassolatite = opal-CT, MM 16, 363 (1913). 

Lassonit = wavellite, Goldschmidt IX text, 183 (1923). 

lasuliet = lazulite, R. Dixon, pers. comm. (1992). 

lasur = azurite, Dana 6th, 295 (1892). 

lasurapatite = blue apatite ± lazurite ± sodalite, Dana 6th, 764 (1892). 

Lasurerz = bornite, Hintze I.1, 904 (1901). 

Lasurfeldspat = blue Ca-rich albite, Doelter IV.3, 1139 (1931); [II.2, 

488]. 

Lasur-Feldspath = blue Ca-rich albite, Dana 6th, 315 (1892). 

Lasurit (Brøgger, original spelling) = lazurite, Dana 6th, 432 (1892). 

Lasurit (von Kobell) = azurite, Dana 6th, 295 (1892). 

Lasurit-Lasurstein = lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Hintze II, 913 

(1891). 

Lasur-Machalit: See diplogener (linarite), hemiprismat. & prismat. 

(azurite). 

lasur-oligoclase = blue Ca-rich albite, MM 12, 386 (1900). 

Lasur-Oligoklas = blue Ca-rich albite, Clark 390 (1993). 

lasurquartz = blue quartz ± acicular rutile + fibrous riebeckite, 

Aballain et al. 197 (1968). 

Lasurquarz = blue quartz ± acicular rutile + fibrous riebeckite, Hintze 

I.2, 1349 (1905). 

Lasurspat: See dodekaedrischer, prismatischer & prismatoidischer 

(lazurite), unteilbarer (turquoise). 

Lasurspath = Cu-?, Papp 50 (2004). 

Lasûrstain = lazurite ± calcite ± scaplite, LAP 34(10), 8 (2009). 

Lasurstein = lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Dana 6th, 432 (1892). 

Lasuurstein = lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Council for Geoscience 765 

(1996). 

laszionit = wavellite, László 156 (1995). 

Lataia ruby = red gem Cr-rich corundum, Bukanov 46 (2006). 

laterite = goethite + hematite + clay ± gibbsite (rock), Strunz 217 

(1970). 

latialite de Gismondi = haüyne, Haüy II, 335 (1822). 

latin diamond = violet Fe 3+ -rich quartz, Bukanov 131 (2006).

lationite = wavellite, Chester 151 (1896). 

latón = Cu+Zn (brass), Novitzky 367 (1951). 

latosol = goethite + hematite + clay ± gibbsite (rock), Thrush 627 

(1968). 

latres = amber, Bukanov 345 (2006). 

latrobite = pink K-rich anorthite, Dana 6th; 339, 340 (1892). 

lat yay = jadeite, Read 133 (1988). 

latyr' = amber, Bukanov 345 (2006). 

Laubanit = natrolite, AM 42, 921 (1957). 

laubmannite (Frondel) = dufrénite + kidwellite + beraunite, AM 75, 1197 

(1990). 

laubmannite (Moore) = Fe8+x(OH,H2O)9(H2O)2(PO4)5, MM 68, 148 (2004). 

lauchgrüner Quarz = green quartz ± celadonite ± chlorite ± amphibole, 

Novitzky 250 (1951). 

Lauchquarz = green quartz ± celadonite ± chlorite ± amphibole, LAP 

34(10), 42 (2009). 

laueite-A2abc = stewartite, CM 16, 116 (1978). 

laughlinite = loughlinite, Dana 8th, 1558 (1997). 

laulbanite = natrolite, Tschernich 529 (1992). 

laumantite = laumontite, CM 34, 148 (1996). 

laumonite = laumontite, Dana 6th, 587 (1892). 

laumonite-ß = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), Clark 388 (1993). 

laumontite-ß = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), English 28 (1939). 

launavite = launayite, CM 9, 744 (1969). 

lauraite = laurite, AM 13, 536 (1928). 

laurelite (?) = anthophyllite + olivine, English 128 (1939). 

laurelite (Field) = green-yellow gem vesuvianite, Horváth 276 (2003). 

Laurielawrencit (IMA 2005-001a) = Fe2Sb2O7, Weiss 149 (2008). 

laurionite bromée = synthetic PbBr(OH), Hey 492 (1962). 

laurionite iodée = synthetic PbI(OH), Hey 492 (1962). 

laurionite-PH2/√3abc = paralaurionite, CM 16, 116 (1978). 

laurium = warikahnite, MR 36, 315 (2005). 

laurochalcite = olivenite, Clark 507 (1993). 

laurylene = hydrocarbon, Egleston 260 (1892). 

lauumonite = laumontite, Clark 388 (1993). 

lava cameos = clay + carbonate (tuff), O'Donoghue 375 (2006). 

lavandulan = lavendulan, de Fourestier 27 (1994). 

lavanite = Ca-rich albite, O'Donoghue 262 (2006). 

lava stone = clay + carbonate (tuff), CGM Glossary Gem Materials 60 

(2006). 

lave altérée alunifère = alunite, Egleston 9 (1892). 

lave coctile = opal-CT, de Fourestier 193 (1999). 

lavendelblauer Bol = kaolinite + quartz + mica + goethite, Chudoba RII, 

141 (1971). 

lavender jade = jadeite + quartz + K-feldspar + lawsonite + aegirine, CM 

45, 1502 (2007). 

lavendine = violet Fe 3+ -rich quartz, AM 12, 386 (1927). 

Lavendrine = violet Fe 3+ -rich quartz, MM 39, 918 (1974). 

lavendulaan = lavendulan, Council for Geoscience 765 (1996). 

Lavendulan (Breithaupt) = variscite, Dana 7th II; 756, 920 (1951). 

lavendulane = lavendulan, MM 33, 1141 (1964). 

lavendulanite = lavendulan, MM 33, 1141 (1964). 

lavendulan-zinc = Zn-rich lavendulan, Clark (1993). 

lavendulite = lavendulan, Dana 6th, 814 (1892).

Lavenit = låvenite, Weiss 149 (2008); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

lavenite-like mineral = lamprophyllite, Pekov 126 (1998). 

låvenite-O = burpalite ?, MM 36, 1144 (1968). 

lavenite-orthorhombique = burpalite ?, Aballain et al. 198 (1968). 

La-vermiculite = La-exchanged vermiculite, CCM 46, 629 (1998). 

Lavernite = periclase, MM 38, 994 (1972). 

Laverzstein = talc, Aballain et al. 198 (1968). 

lave vitreux du cantal = orthoclase or opal-CT, Egleston 183 (1892). 

Lavezstein = talc, Hintze II, 817 (1892). 

lavezzo = talc, Egleston 336 (1892). 

Laita = 3,167 ct. diamond ± graphite, Cornejo & Bartorelli 224 (2010). 

lavora = goethite + hematite + calcite ± clay, Hintze I.2, 2019 (1910). 

lavrentyevit = lavrentievite, László 157 (1995). 

lavrita = diamond + inclusions, Atencio 9 (2000). 

lavroffite = Cr-V-rich diopside, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

lavrovite = Cr-V-rich diopside, AM 72, 1039 (1987). 

lavrowite = Cr-V-rich diopside, Aballain et al. 198 (1968). 

lavtovite = Cr-V-rich diopside, Clark 135 (1993). 

Lavulite = dark-violet Mn-rich sugilite, MM 46, 521 (1982). 

Lavvezstein = talc, Strunz & Nickel 801 (2001). 

lawmbyr = amber, Thrush 629 (1968). 

lawmontite = laumontite, MJJ 17, 358 (1995). 

lawnsonite = lawsonite, Schumann 69 (1997). 

lawonite = lawsonite, Dana 8th, 1801 (1997). 

Lawrentjewit = lavrentievite, LAP 11(3), 21 (1986). 

lawroffite = Cr-V-rich diopside, de Fourestier 193 (1999). 

Lawronit = Cr-V-rich diopside, Doelter II.1, 563 (1913). 

Lawrovit = Cr-V-rich diopside, Doelter IV.3, 1140 (1931). 

Lawrowit = Cr-V-rich diopside, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

lawsonite III = high-pressure CaAl2[Si2O7](OH)2·H2O, EJM 12, 721 (2000). 

lawsonite-(Pb) = synthetic Pb2Al2[Si2O7](OH), AM 93, 575 (2008). 

Laxmanit = vauquelinite, Weiss 145 (1994). 

Laxmannit = vauquelinite, Dana 6th, 915 (1892). 

layer agate = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Schumann 134 (1977). 

layered spar = calcite, Bukanov 262 (2006). 

Layton Clay = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

Lazardit = lizardite, Haditsch & Maus 81 (1974). 

Lazareviat = colusite, Ramdohr 618 (1975). 

lazarevićite = colusite, AM 46, 465 (1961); 49, 223 (1964). 

lazarewisiet = colusite, Council for Geoscience 765 (1996). 

lazasine = red Ca-rich albite, GG 44, 369 (2008). 

lazialite = haüyne, Dana 6th, 431 (1892). 

lazionite = wavellite, Egleston 365 (1892). 

lazuard = lazulite, Bukanov 300 (2006). 

lazuli = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Egleston 182 (1892). 

lazulita de Espana = cordierite, de Fourestier 193 (1999). 

lazulit du Verner = lazulite, Egleston 184 (1892). 

lazulite (Haüy) = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Egleston 184 

(1892). 

Lazulith (van Schlotheim) = cordierite, Dana 6th, 419 (1892). 

lazur = azurite, Egleston 184 (1892). 

lazur-apatit = blue apatite ± sodalite ± lazurite, Dana 6th, 762 (1892). 

lazurfeldspar = blue Ca-rich albite, Dana 6th, 318 (1892). 

Lazur-Feldspath = blue Ca-rich albite, Clark 390 (1993).

Lazur-Felspath = blue Ca-rich albite, Clark 387 (1993). 

Lazurigbleivitriol = caledonite, Haditsch & Maus 114 (1974). 

lazurik = lazurite, Bukanov 300 (2006). 

Lazurit (von Kobell) = azurite, Chester 152 (1896). 

lazurium = lazurite, Bukanov 300 (2006). 

lazúrkő = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, László 139 (1995). 

lazúrkvarc = blue transparent quartz ± acicular rutile ± tourmaline ± 

fibrous riebeckite, László 153 (1995). 

lazur-oligoclase = blue Ca-rich albite, Dana 6th II, 62 (1909). 

lazurquartz = blue transparent quartz ± acicular rutile ± tourmaline ± 

fibrous riebeckite, MM 39, 918 (1974). 

lazurspar = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Thrush 630 (1968). 

lazur spar = lazurite, Bukanov 300 (2006). 

lazur spinel = blue spinel, Bukanov 75 (2006). 

Lasŭrstain = gem lazurite, LAP 34(10), 8 (2009). 

Lazurstein = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Haüy III, 54 (1822). 

Lazur-Sten = gem lazurite ± calcite, Dana 6th, 432 (1892). 

lazur stone = gem lazurite ± calcite ± scapolite, Schumann 172 (1997). 

lazurte = lazurite, PD 12, 3 (1997). 

L.B.B. = black kaolinite + goethite ?, Robertson 22 (1954). 

lead aluminate = plumbogummite, Egleston 184 (1892). 

lead-alunite = osarizawaite, MM 29, 986 (1952). 

lead and copper chromate = vauquelinite, Egleston 186 (1892). 

lead and copper chromo-phosphate = vauquelinite, Egleston 186 (1892). 

lead and copper vanadate = As-rich mottramite, Egleston 79 (1892). 

lead antimonate = bindheimite, Dana 6th, 862 (1892). 

lead antimoniacal sulphuret = bournonite, Egleston 55 (1892). 

lead antimonial sulphuret = bournonite or boulangerite, Egleston 184 

(1892). 

lead antimony sulfide = boulangerite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead apatite = pyromorphite, MM 36, 412 (1967). 

lead arsenate = mimetite, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

lead arsenate chloride = mimetite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead ash = litharge, Thrush 631 (1968). 

lead autunite = synthetic Pb[(UO2)2(PO4)2]·10H2O, AM 14, 273 (1929). 

lead-barylite = synthetic PbBe2[Si2O7], MM 36, 1153 (1968). 

lead barysilite = synthetic Pb3[Si2O7], MM 39, 918 (1974). 

lead-becquerelite = Pb-rich becquerelite, AM 38, 1024 (1953). 

lead carbonate = cerussite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead carbonate chloride = phosgenite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead chloride = cotunnite, Dana 6th, 165 (1892). 

lead chlorocarbonate = phosgenite, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

lead chromate = crocoite or phoenicochroite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead chromo-molybdate = wulfenite, Egleston 371 (1892). 

lead chromophosphate = pyromorphite, Egleston 276 (1892). 

lead copper arsenate hydroxide = bayldonite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead copper carbonate sulfate chloride hydroxide = wherryite ?, Kipfer 

181 (1974). 

lead copper carbonate sulfate hydroxide = caledonite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead copper chloride hydroxide = diaboleite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead copper chromate phosphate hydroxide = vauquelinite, Kipfer 181 

(1974). 

lead-copper jarosite = beaverite, RMG 40, 408 (2000). 

lead copper oxide = murdochite, Kipfer 181 (1974).

lead copper silver chloride hydroxide hydrate = boleite, Kipfer 181 

(1974). 

lead copper sulfate hydroxide = linarite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead copper zinc vanadate hydroxide = mottramite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

Lead crystal = colorless glass, Nassau 269 (1980). 

lead cupreous sulphate = linarite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead cupreous sulphato-carbonate = caledonite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead earth (Readwin) = cerussite, MM 1, 87 (1877). 

lead earth (Withering) = anglesite, MR 42, 358 (2011). 

lead feldspar = synthetic Pb[(Al2Si2)O8], AM 47, 291 (1962). 

lead flowers = mimetite, Bukanov 236 (2006). 

lead fluorapatite = synthetic apatite Pb5(PO4)3F, AM 93, 1581 (2008). 

lead fluoride chloride = matlockite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead glance = galena, Dana 6th, 48 (1892). 

lead glass = anglesite or smithsonite, Bukanov 221, 241 (2006). 

lead gold telluride sulfide = nagyágite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

leadhilite = leadhillite, RG 11 (1992). 

lead-horn ore = phosgenite, Schumann 208 (1997). 

lead hydroxyapatite = synthetic apatite Pb5(PO4)3(OH), AM 45, 909 (1960). 

leadillita = leadhillite, de Fourestier 194 (1999). 

leading stone = magnetite, Bates & Jackson 374 (1987). 

lead iron antimony sulfide = jamesonite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead iron arsenate sulfate hydroxide = beudantite, Kipfer 181 (1974). 

lead jarosite = plumbojarosite, CM 23, 659 (1985). 

lead-kidney-ite = bindheimite, Dana 6th, 862 (1892). 

lead marcasite = sphalerite, Thrush 632 (1968). 

lead mica = cerussite, Bukanov 227 (2006). 

lead mineralized by vitriolic acid = anglesite, Dana 6th, 907 (1892). 

lead mineralized by vitriolic acid and iron = anglesite, Dana 6th, 907 

(1892). 

lead molybdate = wulfenite, Egleston 371 (1892). 

lead monoxide = massicot, de Fourestier 194 (1999). 

lead murio-carbonate = phosgenite, Egleston 252 (1892). 

lead ocher = massicot or litharge, Dana 6th, 209 (1892). 

lead ochre = massicot or litharge, Clark 390 (1993). 

lead-ore = galena, Chester 152 (1896). 

lead-ore, flaky and striated ... = mendipite, Dana 7th II, 56 (1951). 

lead ore sulphuric = anglesite, MR 42, 358 (2011). 

lead oxide = massicot or minium or plattnerite, Egleston 206, 218 (1892); 

Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead oxychlorid = matlockite or schwartzembergite, Egleston 206, 304 

(1892). 

lead oxychloriodide = schwartzembergite, Egleston 304 (1892). 

lead oxychloroiodide = schwartzembergite, Clark 391 (1993). 

lead oxy-fluoride = Pb-rich cliffordite, PDF 25-999. 

lead-parkerite = shandite, MM 27, 271 (1946). 

lead phosphate = pyromorphite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead phosphate chloride = pyromorphite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead rhombohedral barite = mimetite, Bukanov 236 (2006). 

lead selenate = olsacherite or molybdomenite, AM 39, 850 (1954). 

lead selenide = clausthalite ± tiemannite, Egleston 86 (1892). 

lead spar = cerussite, Chester 152 (1896). 

lead subsesquichromate = phoenicochroite, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead sulfate = anglesite, Kipfer 182 (1974).

lead sulfate carbonate hydroxide = leadhillite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead sulfide = galena, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead sulphate = anglesite, Egleston 17 (1892). 

lead sulphato-carbonate = lanarkite, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

lead, sulphato-tricarbonate = leadhillite, Clark 391 (1993). 

lead sulphide = galena, Dana 6th, 48 (1892). 

lead sulphuret = galena, Egleston 132 (1892). 

lead supersulphuretted = galena, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead telluride = altaite, Egleston 7 (1892). 

lead thallium arsenic sulfide = jordanite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead trismolybdate = unknown, Egleston 185 (1892). 

lead tungstate = stolzite or raspite, Egleston 185 (1892); Kipfer 182 

(1974). 

lead uranyl silicate hydrate = kasolite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead vanadate = vanadinite or chervetite, Egleston 185 (1892); Kipfer 182 

(1974). 

lead vanadate chloride = vanadinite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lead vitriol = anglesite, Dana 6th, 908 (1892). 

lead-zink chrysolite = larsenite, Dana 6th I, 17 (1899). 

lead zinc vanadate hydroxide = descloizite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

leaf-like beryl = kyanite, Bukanov 187 (2006). 

leafy serpentine = antigorite, Schumann 202 (1997). 

leatherstone = sepiolite or palygorskite or actinolite or chrysotile, 

Chester 153 (1896). 

lebeauite = unknown, DANSESS 305, 153 (1989). 

Leberblende = wurtzite + organometallic zinc, Dana 6th; 61, 107 (1892). 

Lebereisenerz = pyrite, Hintze I.1, 722 (1900). 

Lebererz (Agricola) = marcasite, Dana 6th, 94 (1892). 

Lebererz (v. Dechen) = cerussite, Linck I.3, 3063 (1926). 

Lebererz (Werner) = cinnabar ± idrialite ± clay, Dana 7th I, 253 (1944). 

Lebererz (?) = cuprite, Hintze I.2, 1904 (1908). 

Lebererzkupfer = cuprite, Dana 6th, 206 (1892). 

leberfarbiger Kies = pyrrhotite, Hintze I.1, 630 (1900). 

leberfarbig Erz, gediegen = chlorargyrite or bromargyrite, Haditsch & 

Maus 65 (1974). 

Leberkies = pyrite or marcasite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite, Strunz 546 

(1970). 

leberkise = pyrite or marcasite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite, Dana 7th I, 

231 (1944). 

Leberkupfererz = cuprite, Haditsch & Maus 114 (1974). 

Leberopal = opal-CT, Dana 7th III, 287 (1962). 

Leber Pyrites = pyrite or marcasite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite, Clark 

290, 574 (1993). 

Leberschlag = pyrite or bornite or cuprite or pyrrhotite, Haditsch & Maus 

114 (1974). 

Leberstein = baryte + bitumen, Dana 6th, 900 (1892). 

Lebetstein = talc, Haditsch & Maus 114 (1974). 

leboite = ferdisilicite, AM 79, 188 (1994). 

Leca = lightweight expanded clay, Robertson 22 (1954). 

lechateliérite (questionable) = opal-A, AM 13, 76 (1928). 

lechaterierite = lechateliérite, MA 4, 339 (1930). 

leche de luna = calcite, de Fourestier 194 (1999). 

leche de montaña = fine-grained calcite, Novitzky 274 (1951). 

lechedor = halite + chlorargyrite, Hintze I.2, 2275 (1912).

Lechererz = chalcocite, Doelter IV.1, 73 (1925). 

Lecherz = chalcocite, Hintze I.1, 524 (1900). 

lechleitner = dark-green gem Cr-rich beryl, Webster & Jobbins 64 (1998). 

Lechosopal = dark-green opal-A, Haditsch & Maus 114 (1974). 

Lechosos = dark-green opal-A, Hintze I.2, 1530 (1906). 

Lechosos opal = dark-green opal-A, Pearl 170 (1964). 

l'écume de mer = sepiolite, Dana 6th, 680 (1892). 

ledeburite = cohenite + C-rich iron, Clark 391 (1993). 

ledenez = massive gypsum, Bukanov 285 (2006). 

lederblende = sphalerite or wurtzite, Clark 654 (1993). 

Ledererit (Doelter) = titanite, Doelter III.1, 59 (1913). 

ledererite (Jackson & Hayes) = gmelinite, Horváth 276 (2003). 

Ledererz = halite + chlorargyrite, Doelter IV.3, 105 (1929). 

lederfarbenes Eisenkieserz = pyrite, Doelter IV.1, 527 (1925). 

lederite (Jackson) = gmelinite, Chester 153 (1896). 

lederite (Shepard) = brown titanite, Dana 6th, 712 (1892). 

Lederkobold = safflorite or modderite, Haditsch & Maus 115 (1974). 

ledikite = hydrobiotite, AM 41, 536 (1956). 

ledkunite = iron, PDF 6-696. 

Ledo Frozen Fire = synthetic blue gem Fe-Ti-rich corundum, Nassau 210 

(1980). 

ledouxite = algodonite + domeykite + As-rich copper, MM 13, 370 (1903). 

leedrite = baryte + anhydrite, Hey 88 (1963). 

leedsite = baryte + anhydrite, Dana 6th, 904 (1892). 

leelite = pink orthoclase, Dana 6th, 318 (1892). 

Lee Moor Best = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

leesbergite = hydromagnesite + calcite or dolomite, MM 15, 424 (1910). 

Lefkasbest = chrysotile, MM 16, 363 (1913). 

lefkasbestos = chrysotile, MM 16, 363 (1913). 

lefkazbeszt = chrysotile, László 157 (1995). 

Lefverslag = bornite, Dana 6th, 77 (1892). 

legge di = twinned, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

legno montano = fibrous amphibole or chrysotile or palygorskite, de 

Fourestier 195 (1999). 

legno silicato = opal-CT pseudomorph after wood, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

Legumocopalit = resin, Chudoba EII, 749 (1959). 

legumokopalit = resin, László 157 (1995). 

lehiite = crandallite + K-Na-mineral (millisite or wardite ?) AM 71, 1516 

(1986). 

Lehm = kaolinite + quartz + calcite (rock), Kipfer 108 (1974). 

lehmanite = zoisite or epidote + albite, Dana 6th, 515 (1892). 

lehmannite = crocoite, Dana 6th, 913 (1892). 

Lehnerit (Müllbauer) = ludlamite, AM 40, 944 (1955). 

lehrbachite = tiemannite + clausthalite, AM 15, 84 (1930). 

lehuntite = natrolite, Dana 6th, 600 (1892). 

Leichenfett = hydrocarbon C38H78 ?, Novitzky 213 (1951). 

Leichenwachs = hydrocarbon C38H78 ?, Novitzky 3 (1951). 

leichtite = unknown, IMA 1991-041. 

leidyite = Mg-rich chamosite ?, Strunz 546 (1970). 

leimonite = goethite, Chester 153 (1896). 

Leimstein = calcite, Haditsch & Maus 115 (1974). 

leirochroite = tyrolite, Chester 153 (1896). 

leirokroit = tyrolite, László 158 (1995). 

l'ejade = jadeite or actinolite, O'Donoghue 335 (2006).

lemanite = zoisite or epidote + albite, Chester 153 (1896). 

lemannita = crocoite, de Fourestier 195 (1999). 

lembergite (Lagorio) = synthetic Na2[(Al2Si2)O8]·H2O, MM 11, 330 (1897). 

lembergite (Sudo) = Na-rich ferrosaponite, CCM 21, 235 (1973). 

lemmleinite = lemmleinite-K, EJM 14, 171 (2002). 

Lemnäsit = alluaudite, AM 26, 682 (1941). 

lemnasite = alluaudite, AM 51, 1288 (1965). 

Lemnian earth = halloysite-10Å ± alunite ?, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

Lemnian reddle = halloysite-10Å + goethite, Egleston 187, 192 (1892). 

lemnische Erde = halloysite-10Å ± alunite ?, Hintze II, 1828 (1897). 

lemnite = goethite, Caillère & Hénin 320 (1963). 

lemoinite = lemoynite, Zirlin 76 (1981). 

lemon = heated yellow gem Fe-rich quartz, Aballain et al. 200 (1968). 

lemon chrysoprase = magnesite + quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, LAP 32(12), 

9 (2007). 

lemon opal = yellow opal-CT, Bukanov 151 (2006). 

lemonosovite = lomonosovite, CM 25, 796 (1987). 

Lemstar = clay, Robertson 22 (1954). 

Lemuanit = lemoynite, Chudoba EIV, 49 (1974). 

lenad family = felspathoid, MM 15, 424 (1910). 

lenartite = Ni-rich iron + taenite (meteorite), Chester 154 (1896). 

lencinita = halloysite-7Å, de Fourestier 195 (1999). 

lenco sapphire = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Thrush 636 (1968). 

lencseérc or lencseréz = liroconite, László 158, 160 (1995). 

Lendenhelfer = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 187 (1892). 

Lendenhelffer = actinolite or jadeite, Egleston 14 (1892). 

lenerita = ludlamite, de Fourestier 195 (1999). 

lenhito = lignite (low-grade coal), Zirlin 77 (1981). 

lenniite = green orthoclase, Clark 512 (1993). 

lennilite (Lea) = green orthoclase, Dana 6th, 319 (1892). 

Lennilith (Schrauf) = vermiculite, Dana 6th, 666 (1892). 

lenticular arseniate of copper = liroconite, Egleston 193 (1892). 

lenticular clay iron = clay + hematite or goethite or siderite, Clark 329 

(1993). 

lenticular clay iron ore = clay + hematite or goethite or siderite, 

Egleston 151 (1892). 

lenticular copper = liroconite, Dana 7th II, 921 (1951). 

lenticular iron ore = clay + hematite or goethite or siderite, Dana 6th, 

215 (1892). 

lenticular ore = liroconite, Egleston 193 (1892). 

lenticulites = chabazite-Ca, de Fourestier 195 (1999). 

lentiform schorl = axinite, Bukanov 192 (2006). 

lentil-ore = liroconite, Chester 154 (1896). 

lentrite = argillaceous limestone (rock), Hey 88 (1963). 

lentulite = liroconite, Chester 154 (1896). 

lenzenite = halloysite-10Å, Clark 393 (1993). 

Lenzin = halloysite-10Å, Chester 154 (1896). 

Lenzinit = halloysite-10Å, Dana 6th, 688 (1892). 

Leobenit = richellite ?, Chudoba EII, 576 (1958). 

leocoptrin = O-rich resin, Clark 397 (1993). 

leonardite = lignite (low-grade coal), MM 40, 910 (1976). 

leongardite-α = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), Godovikov 115 (1997). 

leonhardite (Berdesinski) = starkeyite, CM 12, 229 (1973). 

Leonhardit (Blum) = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), MM 65, 59 (2001).

leonhardite-α = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), MA 2, 299 (1924). 

leonhardite-ß = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), MA 2, 299 (1924). 

leonhardittá-ß = H2O-poor laumontite (14H2O), Clark 388 (1993). 

Leonhardtit = starkeyite, AM 42, 443 (1957). 

leonine = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Egleston 281 (1892). 

Leonite (Webster) = white + red quartz + pyrite (rock), MM 39, 918 

(1974). 

leonostera = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, de Fourestier 195 

(1999). 

leontine = yellow quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Bukanov 136 (2006). 

leopardite (Dana) = quartz + pyrolusite ?, Dana 6th, 1040 (1892). 

Leopardit (Genth) = K-feldspar, Hintze II, 1401 (1894). 

leopard jade = spotty actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 402 (2006). 

leopárdnefrit = actinolite, László 194 (1995). 

leopard nephrite = actinolite, Bukanov 256 (2006). 

leopard ore = chromite, Bukanov 74 (2006). 

leopard stone (?) = K-feldspar, Egleston 242 (1892). 

leopard stone (?) = dolomite, Bukanov 272 (2006). 

Leopoldit = sylvite, Dana 6th, 156 (1892). 

Lep = hydrocarbon, Doelter IV.3, 664 (1930). 

lepersonnite = lepersonnite-(Gd), AM 72, 1042 (1987). 

lepidochlore = chlorite + mica, Chester 154 (1896). 

Lepidochlorit = chlorite + mica, Hintze II, 699 (1891). 

lepidocloro = Fe-rich clinochlore, de Fourestier 195 (1999). 

lepidocrocoite = lepidocrocite, de Fourestier 28 (1994). 

lepidocroíta = lepidocrocite, Novitzky 185 (1951). 

lepidocroquita = lepidocrocite, Domeyko II, 143 (1897). 

lepidocrosite = lepidocrocite, R. Dixon, pers. comm. (1992). 

lepidoféit = crednerite ?, László 158 (1995). 

lepidoklor or lepidoklorit = chlorite + mica, László 158 (1995). 

Lepidokrokit (original spelling) = lepidocrocite, Clark 394 (1993). 

lepidokrosiet = lepidocrocite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Lepidolamprit = franckeite, MM 14, 402 (1907). 

lepidolite series = trilithionite + polylithionite, CM 36, 909 (1998). 

lepidolite-ferrifère = Fe-rich trilithionite or polylithionite, Aballain 

et al. 201 (1968). 

lepidomelaan = Fe 3+ -rich phlogopite or annite or tetraferriannite or 

siderophyllite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Lepidomelan = Fe 3+ -rich phlogopite or annite or tetraferriannite or 

siderophyllite, Dana 6th, 634 (1892). 

Lepidomorphit = muscovite pseudomorph after Ca-rich albite, Dana 6th, 616 

(1892). 

lepidophæite = crednerite ?, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

Lepidophäit = crednerite ?, Dana 6th, 258 (1892). 

lepidophaite = crednerite ?, Aballain et al. 201 (1968). 

lepleite = perraultite, de Fourestier 196 (1999). 

Lepolith = green-brown anorthite + illite, Dana 6th, 337 (1892). 

Lepor = ilvaite, Hintze II, 400 (1890). 

Leptochlorit = Mg-Fe 3+ -rich chamosite, Dana 6th, 643 (1892). 

leptoclorita = Mg-Fe 3+ -rich chamosite, Novitzky 185 (1951). 

leptoklorit = Mg-Fe 3+ -rich chamosite, László 158 (1995). 

leptonématite (Adam) = braunite, Dana 6th, 232 (1892). 

Leptonematit (Breithaupt) = romanèchite, Dana 7th I, 668 (1944). 

Leptonemerz = romanèchite, Dana 7th I, 668 (1944).

lerbachite = tiemannite + clausthalite, Dana 6th, 53 (1892). 

Lermilith = vermiculite, Haditsch & Maus 116 (1974). 

Lermontowit = lermontovite, Chudoba EII, 749 (1959). 

Lernilith = vermiculite, Dana 6th, 666 (1892). 

lesem = green gem Fe-rich beryl or blue gem Fe-Ti-rich corundum ?, de 

Fourestier 196 (1999). 

leshem = red massive quartz + hematite, Bukanov 408 (2006). 

lesleyite = K-rich margarite or muscovite + corundum, MM 22, 485 (1931). 

Lesotho Brown = 601 ct. diamond, AG 23, 32 (2007). 

Lesotho Promise = 603 ct. diamond, AG 23, 32 (2007). 

lessbergite = hydromagnesite + calcite or dolomite, Hey 495 (1962). 

lesserite = inderite, AM 45, 732 (1960); MM 33, 262 (1962). 

Lesser Star of Africa = large diamond, GG 42, 124 (2006). 

lessingite = britholite-(Ce), AM 15, 242 (1930). 

lessingite-(Ce) (Kalsbeek) = britholite-(Ce), CM 44, 1559 (2006). 

lessingite-(Ce) (Nickel & Nichols) = fluorbritholite-(Ce), Nickel & 

Nichols 119 (1991). 

Lestergem = spinel, Read 136 (1988). 

Leswersten = baryte, Dana 6th, 899 (1892). 

lesyukite = lesukite, Strunz & Nickel 158 (2001). 

leszaterjeryt = opal-A, MA 4, 339 (1930). 

letowisiet = letovicite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Letšeng Legacy = 493 ct. diamond, GG 46, 171 (2010). 

Lettenerz = goethite + clay, Haditsch & Maus 116 (1974). 

Letterz = goethite + clay, Hintze I.2, 2017 (1910). 

lettsomite = cyanotrichite, Dana 6th, 963 (1892). 

leucachates = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Dana 6th, 189 (1892). 

leucagate = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Bukanov 136 (2006). 

leucanterite = jarosite ? MM 1, 87 (1877). 

leucargilla = kaolinite, Dana 6th, 685 (1892). 

leucaugite = diopside, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

leucauterite = jarosite ? Hey 88 (1963). 

Leuchtenbergit = Fe-poor clinochlore, CM 13, 178 (1975). 

Leuchtstein = anhydrite, Linck I.3, 3765 (1929). 

leucite (Fedorov) = high-temperature > 605ºC zeolite K[(Si2Al)O6], MM 14, 

403 (1903). 

leucite à base de glucine = synthetic K2[Be3Si4O12], Clark 70 (1993). 

leucite-ß = high-temperature > 605ºC zeolite K[(Si2Al)O6], MM 38, 596 

(1972). 

leucite ferrique = synthetic zeolite K[(Si2Fe)O6], MM 21, 567 (1928). 

leucite (high) = high-temperature > 605ºC zeolite K[(Si2Al)O6], Strunz & 

Nickel 693 (2001). 

leucite (low) = leucite, Strunz & Nickel 693 (2001). 

leucoaugita = Fe-rich diopside, Novitzky 185 (1951). 

leucoberyl = white beryl, Bukanov 64 (2006). 

leucocalcita = white olivenite, Novitzky 185 (1951). 

leucoceladonite = Al-rich celadonite, CM 23, 601 (1985). 

Leucochalcit = white olivenite, AM 36, 500 (1951). 

leucochrisos = zircon, Bukanov 97 (2006). 

leucocyclite = apophyllite, Dana 6th, 567 (1892). 

leucocyklit = apophyllite, Hintze II, 1733 (1897). 

leucoestenita = leucosphenite, Novitzky 185 (1951). 

leucofanite = leucophanite, Dana 6th, 417 (1892). 

leucofenicita = leucophoenicite, Novitzky 185 (1951).

leucofilita = fine-grained muscovite, de Fourestier 196 (1999). 

leucoftalmos = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, de Fourestier 196 

(1999). 

leucogarnet = colorless grossular, Egleston 188 (1892). 

leucoglaucite = ferrinatrite ?, AM 23, 731 (1938). 

leucolite (Delamétherie) = Ca-rich marialite or topaz pseudomorph after 

K-feldspar, Chester 155 (1896). 

leucolite (Dufrénoy) = leucite, Chester 155 (1896). 

leucolite d'Altenberg = topaz pseudomorph after K-feldspar, Egleston 348 

(1892). 

leucolite de Mauléon = Ca-rich marialite, Egleston 106 (1892). 

leucolithe = Ca-rich marialite, Des Cloizeaux I, 226 (1892). 

leucolyte = leucite, Egleston 188 (1892). 

Leucomanganit = fairfieldite, Dana 6th, 812 (1892). 

Leucoperthit = O-rich resin, Thrush 638 (1968). 

Leucopetrin = O-rich resin, Dana 6th, 1011 (1892). 

leucopetrite = O-rich resin, Dana 6th, 1011 (1892). 

leucophænicite = leucophoenicite, Lacroix 118 (1931). 

Leucophan (original spelling) = leucophanite, CM 40, 972 (2002). 

leucophanlikt = apatite, Petersen & Johnsen 132 (2005). 

leucophenicite = leucophoenicite, Simpson 44 (1932). 

leucophosite = leucophosphite, Back & Mandarino 132 (2008). 

leucophthalmus = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Dana 6th, 189 

(1892). 

Leucophyllit = aluminoceladonite, CM 36, 909 (1998). 

leucopirita = löllingite, Domeyko II, 493 (1897). 

Leucoptrin = O-rich resin, Egleston 188 (1892). 

Leucoptrite = O-rich resin, Clark 396 (1993). 

leucopyrite = löllingite, Dana 6th, 96 (1892). 

leucorhoenite = synthetic Ca2(Mg,Fe 3+ ,Al)6(Si,Al)6O20, Pekov 368 (1998). 

leuco-saphir = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Hintze I.2, 1748 

(1907). 

leucosaphirus = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Hintze I.2, 1747 

(1907). 

leucosapphire = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Clark 397 (1993). 

leucospinel = colorless spinel, Bukanov 77 (2006). 

leucostaurite = unknown, IMA 2007-047. 

leucotile = chrysotile ?, Dana 6th, 707 (1892). 

leucoxene = pseudorutile + rutile, MM 47, 201 (1983); CM 44, 1559 (2006). 

Leukanterit = jarosite ? Clark 397 (1993). 

leukargirit = freibergite, László 159 (1995). 

Leukargyrit = freibergite, Dana 6th, 137 (1892). 

Leukasbest = chrysotile, Clark 397 (1993). 

Leukaugit = diopside, Hintze II, 1037 (1892). 

leukazbeszt = chrysotile, László 157 (1995). 

Leukochalcit = white olivenite, Chudoba EII, 577 (1958); [I.4,862]. 

leukociklit = apophyllite, László 159 (1995). 

Leukocyclit = apophyllite, Strunz & Nickel 802 (2001). 

Leukocyklit = apophyllite, Chudoba RI, 38 (1939). 

leukofaan = leucophanite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

leukofán(it) = leucophanite, László 159 (1995). 

leukofenisiet = leucophoenicite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

leukofillit = aluminoceladonite, László 159 (1995). 

leukofönicit = leucophoenicite, László 159 (1995).

leukofosfiet = leucophosphite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

leukofoszfit = leucophosphite, László 159 (1995). 

leukogarnet = colorless grossular, Schumann 180 (1997). 

Leukoglaucit = ferrinatrite ?, Chudoba EII, 578 (1958); [EI,291]. 

Leukoglaukit = ferrinatrite ?, Strunz 546 (1970). 

Leukogranat = colorless grossular, Egleston 133 (1892). 

leukokalkit = olivenite, László 159 (1995). 

leukokseen = pseudorutile + rutile, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Leukolith (Delamétherie) = Ca-rich marialite or topaz pseudomorph after 

K-feldspar, Hintze II, 1296 (1894). 

Leukolith (Klaproth) = leucite, Clark 397 (1993). 

Leukomanganit = fairfieldite, Clark 397 (1993). 

Leukopetrin = O-rich resin, Chudoba RI, 38 (1939); [I.4,1445]. 

Leukopetrit = O-rich resin, Doelter IV.3, 947 (1931). 

Leukophan (original spelling) = leucophanite, Dana 6th, 417 (1892). 

Leukophlogit = melanophlogite, Hintze I.2, 1540 (1906). 

Leukophoenicit = leucophoenicite, Strunz 376 (1970). 

Leukophönicit = leucophoenicite, MM 12, 386 (1900). 

leukophonicit = leucophoenicite, Aballain et al. 203 (1968). 

Leucophönizit = leucophoenicite, Chudoba EII, 464 (1955); [EI,291]. 

leukophonizit = leucophoenicite, Aballain et al. 203 (1968). 

Leukophosphatit = synthetic KFe4(PO4)3(OH)4·6H2O ?, MM 39, 918 (1974). 

Leukophosphit = leucophosphite, Chudoba EII, 463 (1955); [EI,292]. 

Leukophyllit = aluminoceladonite, Hintze II, 608 (1891). 

leukopiriet = löllingite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Leukopohönicit = leucophoenicite, Strunz & Nickel 803 (2001). 

Leukopyrit = löllingite, Hintze I.1, 867 (1901). 

Leukosaphir = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Doelter III.2, 436 

(1922). 

Leukosapphir = colorless asteriated gem corundum, Hintze I.2, 1750 

(1907). 

Leukosfeniet = leucosphenite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Leukosphenit = leucosphenite, MM 13, 370 (1903). 

leukoszfenit = leucosphenite, László 159 (1995). 

Leukotil = chrysotile ?, Hintze II, 795 (1892). 

Leukoxen = pseudorutile + rutile, Hintze II, 1616 (1897). 

leukozafír = colorless asteriated gem corundum, László 159 (1995). 

Leukozyklit = apophyllite, Strunz 547 (1970). 

Leukpirit = löllingite, de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

leultrit = clay + calcite (rock), László 159 (1995). 

leuntita = natrolite, de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

leusiet = leucite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

leutrite = clay + calcite (rock), MM 1, 87 (1877). 

leuttrite = clay + calcite (rock), Clark 397 (1993). 

Leuzit = leucite, Haüy III, 61 (1822). 

levantian chrysolite = olivine, Bukanov 103 (2006). 

levélérc = nagyágite, László 159 (1995). 

levenite = Mn-rich pectolite, de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

leveriérite = beidellite, AM 41, 673 (1956). 

leverrierite = beidellite, AM 47, 137 (1962). 

Levferslag = pyrite or bornite or cuprite or pyrrhotite, Hintze I.1, 904 

(1901). 

levidite = Ti-bearing roméite, Kipfer 182 (1974).

leviglianite = Zn-Fe-rich metacinnabar ± sphalerite, Chudoba EII, 578 

(1958). 

levinsonite = levinsonite-(Y), MA Index 53, 738 (2002). 

levisite = kaolinite-1Md, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

Levistonit = CO2-rich fluorapatite, Chudoba RI, 38 (1939); [I.4,1021]. 

levyclaudite = lévyclaudite, MR 28, 433 (1997); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

levyine = lévyne, MM 32, 966 (1961). 

levyite = lévyne, CM 35, 1593 (1997). 

levyne-Ca = lévyne-Ca, Strunz & Nickel 710 (2001); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

levyne-Na = lévyne-Na, Strunz & Nickel 710 (2001); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

levyne-offretite = lévyne + offretite, AJM 2, 14 (1996). 

levynite = lévyne, Dana 6th, 595 (1892). 

leweropaal = opal-CT, Council for Geoscience 769 (1996). 

lewisite = hydroxycalcioroméite, CM 48, 692 (2010). 

lewistonite = CO2-rich fluorapatite, MM 42, 282 (1978). 

Leydyit = Mg-rich chamosite ?, Clark 398 (1993). 

Leyteit = bitumen, Clark 398 (1993). 

L.G.B. = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

lhal = red gem Cr-rich spinel, Bukanov 75 (2006). 

lherzolite = Mg-Cr-rich hercynite, Dana 6th, 221 (1892). 

lherzolithe = pyroxene, Egleston 189 (1892). 

lherzolyte = Mg-Cr-rich hercynite, Dana 6th, 1120 (1892). 

Li-ABW = synthetic zeolite Li4[(Al6Si6)O16]·4H2O, AM 92, 1105 (2007). 

Li-acmite = synthetic pyroxene LiFe[Si2O6], MA 50, 3586 (1999). 

liais = compact calcite (limestone), de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

Li-albite = Li-rich albite, MM 62, 821 (1998). 

liandradite = liandratite, MM 46, 521 (1982). 

liapianita = annabergite ? + calcite, de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

liardite = opal-A, Clark 398 (1993). 

Liarit = fluorite, Clark 402 (1993). 

Libanonbernstein = amber, Doelter IV.3, 941 (1931). 

libeccio = compact calcite (marble), O'Donoghue 367 (2006). 

Li-beidellite = Li-exchanged beidellite, ClayM 36, 582 (2001). 

libelláskvarc = quartz + fluid inclusion, László 153 (1995). 

libelle = fluid inclusion, Kipfer 109 (1974). 

Libellenquarz = quartz + fluid inclusion, Haditsch & Maus 117 (1974). 

Libellenstein = quartz + fluid inclusion, Doelter II.1, 166 (1913). 

Li-Be-Margarit = bityite, Chudoba RII, 15 (1971). 

Li-bentonite = Li-exchanged montmorillonite, CCM 26, 116 (1978). 

liberianite = unknown, IMA 1989-021; NJMM (8), 375 (1983). 

libetenit = libethenite, Papp 53 (2004). 

Libethkupfererz = libethenite, Papp 53 (2004). 

líbiaiüveg = tektite (glassy meteorite), László 283 (1995). 

líbianit = opal-A, László 160 (1995). 

Li-birnessite = Li-exchanged birnessite, CCM 34, 511 (1986). 

libite = opal-A, Hey 497 (1962). 

libolite = bitumen coal, English 131 (1939). 

libollite = bitumen coal, MM 12, 386 (1900). 

Libyan desert glass = glass (tektite), LAP 28(10), 12 (2003). 

Libyan desert silica glass = glass (tektite), LAP 28(10), 12 (2003). 

Libyan glass = glass (tektite), Dana 7th III, 327 (1962). 

libyanite = opal-A, MM 27, 271 (1946). 

libysches Wüstenglas = glass (tektite), Kipfer 154 (1974). 

licafro = ferberite or hübnerite, Dana 7th II, 1064 (1951).

Li-chlorite = cookeite, AM 60, 1041 (1975). 

Lichnis = gem corundum, Egleston 94 (1892). 

lichten Bleyspath = cerussite, LAP 35(11), 18 (2010). 

lichtes Arsenfahlerz = tennantite, Dana 7th I, 374 (1944). 

lichtes Fahlerz = tennantite, Sinkankas 289 (1972). 

lichtes Graumanganerz = pyrolusite, Dana 6th, 236 (1892). 

lichtes Osmiridium = Ir-rich osmium, Egleston 242 (1892). 

lichtes Osmium-Iridium = Ir-rich osmium, Dana 7th I, 111 (1944). 

lichtes Rotgiltigerz = proustite, Doelter IV.1, 249 (1925). 

lichtes Rotgülden = pyrargyrite, Chudoba RI, 55 (1939). 

lichtes Rotgültigerz = proustite, Sinkankas 289 (1972). 

lichtes Rothgiltigerz = proustite, Egleston 295 (1892). 

lichtes Rothgültigerz = proustite, Dana 6th, 134 (1892). 

lichtes Uranpecherz = becquerelite + fourmarierite + others, Dana 6th, 

892 (1892). 

lichtes Weissgiltigerz = Pb-rich argentotennantite ?, Egleston 366 

(1892). 

lichtes Weissgültigerz = Pb-rich argentotennantite ?, Egleston 265 

(1892). 

lichtgraues Wismutherz = bismuthinite, Hintze I.1, 394 (1899). 

licteria = franckeite, Hintze I.1, 1198 (1904). 

Licterin = franckeite, Haditsch & Maus 117 (1974). 

liddicoatite = fluor-liddicoatite, AM 96, 908 (2011). 

liddiocoatite = fluor-liddicoatite, Schumann 269 (1997). 

liddocoatite = fluor-liddicoatite, MA 54, 1586 (2003). 

lídiakő = black massive Fe-rich quartz, László 160 (1995). 

lidinite = organic, AM 80, 405 (1995). 

lídit = black massive Fe-rich quartz, László 160 (1995). 

Li-donbassite = Li-rich donbassite, CCM 36, 39 (1988). 

liebenerite = muscovite pseudomorph after nepheline, Dana 6th, 621 

(1892). 

lieberite = muscovite pseudomorph after nepheline, Clark 399 (1993). 

Liebespfeil = quartz ± rutile ± chlorite ± goethite ± serpentine ± 

amphibole, Hintze I.2, 1418 (1905). 

liebetenita = libethenite, Domeyko II, 493 (1897). 

Liebisch-Zwillingsbildung = twinned quartz, Kipfer 156 (1974). 

liebnerite = muscovite pseudomorph after nepheline, Chester 157 (1896). 

Liederde = clay, Haditsch & Maus 117 (1974). 

liége de montagne = fibrous amphibole or palygorskite, Egleston 13, 257 

(1892). 

liesegang-Bänderung = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer + hematite, 

Extra LAP 19, 7 (2000). 

Lieselsures Donarium = orange U-rich thorite, Clark 509 (1993). 

Liëvrit = ilvaite, Dana 6th, 541 (1892). 

Li-feldspar = synthetic Li[AlSi3O8], MM 32, 966 (1961). 

Li-felspar = synthetic Li[AlSi3O8], MA 13, 637 (1958). 

Li-fluorhectorite = synthetic smectite Li0.4(Mg2.6Li0.4)[Si4O10]F2, CCM 35, 

429 (1987). 

Li-fluorohectorite = synthetic smectite Li0.4(Mg2.6Li0.4)[Si4O10]F2, ClayM 

29, 743 (1994). 

Li,F-phlogopite = trilithionite or polylithionite, AM 63, 784 (1978). 

liga = galena, Hintze I.1, 1198 (1904). 

light blue moonstone = orthoclase, Bukanov 278 (2006). 

light blue opal = lazulite, Bukanov 206 (2006).

light blue spar = lazulite, Bukanov 206 (2006). 

light cape = diamond, de Fourestier 197 (1999). 

light-coloured micas group = dioctahedral mica, Clark 290 (1993). 

light gray silver ore = freibergite, Egleston 343 (1892). 

Lightning Ridge opal = gem opal-A, Bukanov 151 (2006). 

lightning stone = opal-CT, Bukanov 327 (2006). 

lightning tube = opal-CT, O'Donoghue 361 (2006). 

Light of World = 252 ct. opal-A, Bukanov 152 (2006). 

lightopal = colorless opal-A, László 204 (1995). 

light pyrargyrite = proustite, Egleston 270 (1892). 

light red silver ore = proustite, Dana 6th, 134 (1892). 

light ruby silver = proustite, Pearl 215 (1964). 

light stone = orthoclase, Bukanov 278 (2006). 

light yellow = yellow diamond, Thrush 641 (1968). 

light wolframite = ferberite, AM 56, 489 (1971). 

ligirione = zircon or corundum or grossular or vesuvianite or harmotome 

or meionite, Bukanov 408 (2006). 

Li-gismondine = Li-exchanged gismondine, EJM 10, 140 (1998). 

Li-glimmer = trilithionite or polylithionite, LAP 23(4), 34 (1998). 

ligniform asbestos = Fe-rich sepiolite or fibrous amphibole or 

chrysotile, Egleston 372 (1892). 

ligniform opal = opal-CT pseudomorph after wood, Egleston 239 (1892). 

liguiriy = zircon, Bukanov 97 (2006). 

lignite = low-grade brown coal, Dana 6th, 1022 (1892). 

lignite resin = hydrocarbon, Egleston 190 (1892). 

ligure = zircon, Egleston 378 (1892). 

ligurio = amber, LAP 23(6), 48 (1998). 

ligurite = green titanite, Dana 6th, 712 (1892). 

ligurius = amber, LAP 23(6), 48 (1998). 

Li-hectorite = Li-exchanged hectorite, CCM 28, 65 (1980). 

Li + -hectorite = Li-exchanged hectorite, CCM 28, 107 (1980). 

Li-hydrorhodonite = nambulite, AM 65, 982 (1980). 

lijoejinjiniet = uytenbogaardtite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Li-kaolinite = Li-saturated kaolinite, CCM 28, 204 (1980). 

likazit = likasite, László 312 (1995). 

lik en huit spat = scheelite, Egleston 302 (1892). 

likhnis = red gem Cr-rich corundum, Bukanov 48 (2006). 

Likmonit = goethite, Kipfer 121 (1974). 

lilac cummingtonite = charoite, Pekov 58 (1998). 

lilac-purple jade = trilithionite or polylithionite, Bukanov 404 (2006). 

lilac stone = trilithionite or polylithionite, Egleston 187 (1892). 

Lilalith = trilithionite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 624 (1892). 

Lilianit = lillianite, Chudoba EII, 578 (1958). 

liliathite = trilithionite or polylithionite, Chester 157 (1896). 

Lillchammerit = pentlandite, Hey 497 (1962). 

Lillehammerit = pentlandite, Strunz 547 (1970). 

Lillhammerit = pentlandite, Dana 6th, 65 (1892). 

lillianite (Keller) = galena + bismuthinite + acanthite, Clark 399 

(1993). 

lilliantite = lillianite, AM 35, 549 (1950). 

Lillit = cronstedtite, Strunz 459 (1970). 

limaite = Sn-rich gahnite, AM 41, 370 (1956). 

Limbachit = saponite or talc ? Dana 6th, 675 (1892). 

limbelite = forsterite + goethite ± ferrihydrite, Egleston 84 (1892).

limbilite = fayalite + goethite ± ferrihydrite, Dana 6th, 454 (1892). 

limbite = fayalite + goethite ± ferrihydrite, Chester 157 (1896). 

lime-alumina garnet = grossular, Egleston 133 (1892). 

lime and copper phosphate = unknown, MM 1, 87 (1877). 

lime and copper vanadate = calciovolborthite ?, MM 1, 87 (1877). 

lime-and-soda mesotype = mesolite, Dana 6th, 605 (1892). 

lime arsenate = pharmacolite, Egleston 251 (1892). 

lime-boracite = rhodizite, Clark 594 (1993). 

lime borate = datolite or priceite, Egleston 190, 267 (1892). 

lime borosilicate = datolite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime-bronzite = pigeonite or enstatite + augite, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

lime-cancrinite = meionite, MA 1, 110 (1920). 

lime carbonate = aragonite or calcite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime chabazite = chabazite-Ca, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime-chrome garnet = uvarovite, Egleston 134 (1892). 

lime columbate = zircon, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime-dravite = uvite, MM 30, 737 (1955). 

lime-epidote = zoisite, Dana 6th, 513 (1892). 

lime feldspar = anorthite, Dana 6th, 334 (1892). 

lime felspar = anorthite, Deer et al. IV, 2 (1963). 

lime fluate = fluorite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime harmotome = phillipsite-Ca, Dana 6th, 579 (1892). 

lime-iron garnet = andradite, Egleston 134 (1892). 

lime-iron-manganese pyroxene = Mn-rich hedenbergite, Egleston 278 (1892). 

lime-iron-manganese-zinc pyroxene = Zn-Mn-rich diopside or augite, 

Egleston 278 (1892). 

lime-iron-olivine = kirschsteinite, MM 30, 737 (1955). 

lime jade = actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 402 (2006). 

lime-magnesia-iron garnet = green Mg-rich andradite, Egleston 134 (1892). 

lime-magnesia-iron pyroxene = Fe-rich diopside, Egleston 277 (1892). 

lime-magnesia-manganese pyroxene = Mn-rich diopside, Egleston 278 (1892). 

lime-magnesia pyroxene = diopside, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime-malachite = Ca-rich malachite ± gypsum ± calcite, Dana 6th, 295 

(1892). 

lime-mesotype = scolecite, Dana 6th, 604 (1892). 

lime mica = margarite, Dana 6th, 1122 (1892). 

lime nitrate = nitrocalcite, Egleston 223 (1892). 

lime-olivine (Bowen) = monticellite, MM 21, 569 (1928). 

lime-olivine (Oebbecke) = Ca-rich forsterite, MM 21, 567 (1928). 

lime-olivine (Shubnikova & Yuferov) = calcio-olivine, MM 24, 604 (1937). 

lime orthoclase = Ca-rich orthoclase, AM 7, 180 (1922). 

lime oxalate = whewellite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime phosphate = fluorapatite, Egleston 23 (1892). 

lime-rion-olivine = kirschsteinite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lime saltpeter = nitrocalcite, Thrush 164 (1968). 

lime silicate = wollastonite, Egleston 370 (1892). 

lime soda feldspar = Na-rich anorthite, Egleston 180 (1892). 

lime-soda mesotype = mesolite, CM 35, 1593 (1997). 

lime-soda-microcline = Ca-Na-rich microcline, de Fourestier 198 (1999). 

lime soda titanate = perovskite, de Fourestier 198 (1999). 

limespar = calcite, Schumann 208 (1997). 

limestone = compact calcite ± dolomite (rock), Dana 6th, 267 (1892). 

lime sulphate = gypsum or anhydrite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime titanate = perovskite, Egleston 250 (1892).

lime Tschermak's molecule = pyroxene synthetic CaAl[(AlSi)O6], AM 51, 

1524 (1966). 

lime tungstate = scheelite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime uranate = autunite, Egleston 37 (1892). 

lime-uranite = autunite, Dana 6th, 857 (1892). 

lime vanadate = vésigniéite, Egleston 190 (1892). 

lime-wavellite = crandallite, Dana 6th, 843 (1892). 

Li-mica (Cooper et al.) = tainiolite, MM 59, 401 (1995). 

Li-mica (Galliski & Černý) = trilithionite or polylithionite, CM 44, 650 

(2006). 

limmite = goethite ± ferrihydrite, Lacroix 26 (1931). 

Limnit = goethite ± ferrihydrite, Dana 6th, 251 (1892). 

Limonit = goethite ± ferrihydrite, Dana 7th I, 685 (1944). 

limonite-γ = colloidal goethite ± ferrihydrite, English 118 (1939). 

limonitegelite = colloidal goethite ± ferrihydrite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

limonite-nickelifère = Ni-rich goethite ± ferrihydrite, Aballain et al. 

205 (1986). 

Limonit-Glaskopf = goethite ± ferrihydrite, de Fourestier 36 (1994). 

Limonitogelit = colloidal goethite ± ferrihydrite, MM 17, 353 (1916). 

limonogelite = colloidal goethite ± ferrihydrite, English 131 (1939). 

Li-montmorillonite = Li-exchanged montmorillonite, CCM 29, 73 (1981). 

Li + -montmorillonite = Li-exchanged montmorillonite, CCM 28, 107 (1980). 

limpid sapphire = gem corundum, Egleston 299 (1892). 

Limurit = axinite, Kipfer 109 (1974). 

Li muscovite = Li-rich muscovite, MM 61, 823 (1997). 

Li-Na brittle mica = ephesite, CCM 28, 76 (1980). 

linaeite = linnaeite, Back & Mandarino 33 (2008). 

Li-Na-smectite = Li-exchanged Na-rich montmorillonite, CCM 29, 260 

(1981). 

Li-natrolite = synthetic zeolite Li2[(Al2Si3)O10]·2H2O, EJM 2, 761 (1990). 

lincolnine = heulandite, Chester 158 (1896). 

lincolnite = heulandite, Dana 6th, 574 (1892). 

lincosite = Fe 3+ -rich kaersutite, Strunz & Nickel 803 (2001). 

lindakérite = lindackerite, Des Cloizeaux II, 423 (1893). 

Linde A = corundum, Read 138 (1988). 

Linde F = synthetic zeolite K[(AlSi)O4]·1.5H2O, AM 92, 1105 (2007). 

Linde L = perlialite, EJM 2, 749 (1990). 

Linde Simulated Diamond = synthetic gem garnet Y3Al2[AlO4]3, MM 39, 910 

(1974). 

Lindesit = Mn-rich aegirine-augite or Mn-Fe-rich augite, MM 11, 330 

(1897). 

Linde Star = synthetic corundum, Nassau 77 (1980). 

Lindsayit = anorthite, Dana 6th, 337 (1892). 

Lindseit = anorthite, Dana 6th, 1121 (1892). 

lindseyite = anorthite, Clark 401 (1993). 

lindsleyite (Ba) = lindsleyite, AM 68, 494 (1983). 

Lindstein = goethite ± ferrihydrite, Hintze I.2, 2011 (1910). 

lindstroemite = lindströmite, Thrush 644 (1968). 

lindstromite = lindströmite, AM 10, 157 (1925); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

lineite = linnaeite, Clark 401 (1993). 

line-zeolite = zeophyllite, AM 11, 77 (1926). 

lingaitukuang = cheralite, CM 45, 505 (2007). 

linguitikuangite = cheralite, Kostov & Breskovaska 190 (1989). 

Liniensalz = halite, de Fourestier 198 (1999).

Links-Quarz = left-handed quartz, Kipfer 109 (1974). 

linkurit = metamict zircon, László 160 (1995). 

Linneit (original spelling) = linnaeite, Dana 6th, 78 (1892). 

linneita de Musen = siegenite, de Fourestier 198 (1999). 

linobate = synthetic LiNbO3, Schumann 243 (1997). 

lino fossile = fibrous amphibole, Egleston 13 (1892). 

linosite = Fe 3+ -rich kaersutite, AM 63, 1051 (1978). 

linse = calcite, Haditsch & Maus 118 (1974). 

Linseit = anorthite, Dana 6th, 337 (1892). 

Linsenerz = liroconite, Dana 6th, 853 (1892). 

linsenförmiger Eisenglimmer = goethite, Egleston 193 (1892). 

linsenformiger eisenglimmer = goethite, Egleston 140 (1892). 

linsenförmiger Thoneisenstein = goethite, Egleston 193 (1892). 

Linsenkupfer = liroconite, Dana 6th, 853 (1892). 

Linsenstein = calcite, Haditsch & Maus 118 (1974). 

Linsererz = liroconite, Clark 402 (1993). 

lintiszit = lintisite, László 160 (1995). 

lintonite = radiating thomsonite-Ca, MM 23, 114 (1932). 

linum vivum = fibrous amphibole, Dana 6th, 386 (1892). 

lioejinjiniet = uytenbogaardtite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Li-olivine group = triphylite + lithiophilite, CM 42, 1105 (2004). 

lionite (Berdell) = tellurium, Dana 6th, 11 (1892). 

Lionit (Krantz) = W-rich wulfenite, MM 17, 354 (1916). 

lion's eye = chatoyant quartz + fibrous riebeckite ± goethite ± 

lepidocrocite, Bukanov 116, 204 (2006). 

Liparit (Arppe) = Fe-rich talc or minnesotaite, MM 22, 623 (1931). 

liparite (Casoria) = chrysocolla, MM 22, 623 (1931). 

Liparit (Glocker) = fluorite, Dana 6th, 161 (1892). 

Liparit (Roth) = rhyolite (rock), MM 22, 623 (1931). 

Li phengite = Li-Fe-rich muscovite, MM 61, 823 (1997). 

Li-phlogopite = trilithionite or polylithionite, AM 62, 535 (1977). 

lippa diamond = transparent quartz, Bukanov 391 (2006). 

lippeigyémánt = transparent quartz, László 95 (1995). 

lippische Diamant = transparent quartz, LAP 31(5), 6 (2006). 

lippite = millosevichite, Clark 402 (1993). 

lipscombite-manganésifère = Mn-rich lipscombite, Aballain et al. 205 

(1968). 

Li pyroxene = spodumene, AM 73, 1125 (1988). 

liquidum bitumen = petroleum, Egleston 225 (1892). 

liquidum bitumen, nunc vocatur petroleum = petroleum, Dana 6th, 1015 

(1892). 

Li-rectorite = Li-exchanged rectorite, CCM 26, 327 (1978). 

Li-Rektorit = Li-exchanged rectorite, CCM 26, 340 (1978). 

Lirocomalachit = liroconite, Goldschmidt IX text, 184 (1923). 

lirocone-malachite = liroconite, Hey 499 (1892). 

Liroconmalachit = liroconite, Clark 402 (1993). 

Lirokomalachit = liroconite, Dana 6th, 1121 (1892). 

Lirokonit = liroconite, Doelter III.1, 713 (1914). 

Lirokon-Malachit: See hexahedr. (pharmacosiderite), prismatischer 

(liroconite). 

Li-saponite = Li-exchanged Ca-rich saponite, CCM 36, 185 (1988). 

Li-schorl = Li-rich schorl, AM 85, 1507 (2000). 

lisicsenit = lishizhenite, László 161 (1995). 

liskeardite (questionable) = (Al,Fe)3(AsO4)(OH)6·5H2O; PDF 11-146.

Li-smectite = Li-exchanged smectite, CCM 35, 447 (1987). 

Li-sodalite = synthetic Li8[(Al6Si6)O24]Cl2, MM 53, 380 (1989). 

Li-spinel = synthetic LiAl5O8, Clark 404 (1993). 

Li-Spinell = synthetic LiAl5O8, Hey 499 (1962). 

Listvenit = green mica, Strunz 547 (1970). 

Listwänit = dolomite + quartz, Linck I.3, 3299 (1927). 

Listwänit (v. Miklucho-Maklay) = talc, Doelter II.1, 359 (1913). 

listwanite = dolomite + quartz, Aballain et al. 205 (1968). 

lisztvanit = dolomite + quartz or green mica, László 161 (1995). 

Li-taeniolite = synthetic mica Li(Mg2Li)[Si4O10]F2, MJJ 11, 415 (1983). 

Litalith = trilithionite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 624 (1892). 

litargita = litharge, MM 29, 986 (1952). 

litarjirio nativo = massicot, Dana 6th, 209 (1892). 

lithantrax = lignite (low-grade coal), de Fourestier 199 (1999). 

lithargite = litharge, AM 2, 19 (1917). 

litheophosphorus = baryte, Clark 60 (1993). 

litheosphorus = baryte, Dana 6th, 899 (1892). 

litheospore = baryte, Clark 402 (1993). 

lithia amethyst = dark-violet gem Mn-rich spodumene, Read 138 (1988). 

lithia emerald = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, Webster & Anderson 957 

(1983). 

lithia mica subgroup = trilithionite + polylithionite + siderophyllite, 

Dana 6th; 624, 626 (1892). 

lithian-muscovite = Li-rich muscovite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

lithiaphorite = Li-rich romanèchite, Thrush 648 (1968). 

lithia-tourmaline = elbaite, MM 30, 738 (1955); AM 96, 911 (2011). 

lithidionite = litidionite, Dana 6th, 1041 (1892). 

Lithiodionit = litidionite, Kipfer 110 (1974). 

lithio-ferro-triphylite = triphylite, MM 20, 459 (1925). 

lithioglaucophane = holmquistite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lithioglaukophan = holmquistite, Aballain et al. 206 (1986). 

lithioglimmer = trilithionite or polylithionite, Clark 394 (1993). 

lithiographic stone = calcite, Egleston 64 (1892). 

lithiolite = lithiophilite, Chester 159 (1896). 

lithio-mangano-triphylite = lithiophilite, MM 20, 459 (1925). 

Lithiomanganotriphyllit = lithiophilite, Chudoba EII, 460 (1955). 

Lithionamethyst = dark-violet gem Mn-rich spodumene, Clark 403 (1993). 

lithion beryl = Li-rich beryl, Thrush 648 (1968). 

Lithioneisenglimmer = siderophyllite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 626 

(1892). 

lithion emerald = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, Schumann 13 (1997). 

Lithionglaukophan = holmquistite, AM 63, 1051 (1978). 

Lithionglimmer subgroup = trilithionite + polylithionite + 

siderophyllite, Dana 6th; 624, 626 (1892). 

Lithionit = trilithionite or polylithionite or siderophyllite, Dana 6th; 

624, 626 (1892). 

Lithionitesilicat = trilithionite or polylithionite, CM 36, 910 (1998). 

Lithionitsilicat = trilithionite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 624 (1892). 

lithion mica = trilithionite or polylithionite, Egleston 187 (1892). 

Lithionnephelin = eucryptite, Dana 6th, 426 (1892). 

Lithionpsilomelan = lithiophorite, Dana 6th, 257 (1892). 

Lithionsmaragd = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, Clark 403 (1993). 

lithiophosphatite = lithiophosphate, AM 51, 1288 (1966). 

lithiophylite = lithiophilite, Lacroix 42 (1931).

lithiophyllite = lithiophilite, Strunz & Nickel 804 (2001). 

lithiospore = baryte, Egleston 39 (1892). 

lithiphorite = lithiophorite, Back & Mandarino 97 (2008). 

Lithit = petalite, Hintze II, 1594 (1896). 

lithium aluminosilicate = eucryptite or petalite or spodumene, Kipfer 182 

(1974). 

lithium aluminosilicate hydrate = bikitaite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lithium aluminum phosphate fluoride hydroxide = amblygonite, Kipfer 182 

(1974). 

lithium aluminum phosphate hydroxide = montebrasite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lithium amethyst = dark-violet gem Mn-rich spodumene, Haditsch & Maus 119 

(1974). 

lithium-amphibole subgroup = holmquistite + clinoholmquistite, AM 63, 

1051 (1978). 

Lithiumberyll = pezzottaite, LAP 29(1), 40 (2004). 

lithiumcordierit = synthetic (LiMg)Al3[[Si6O18], Chudoba EIII, 184 (1965). 

lithium-edenite = synthetic amphibole LiCa2Mg5[(Si3.5Al0.5)O11]2F2, Deer et 

al. II, 292 (1963). 

lithium emerald = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, Bukanov 72 (2006). 

lithiumerts = trilithionite or polylithionite, Zirlin 76 (1981). 

lithium fluor-hectorite = synthetic smectite K0.3(Mg,Li)[Si4O10]F2·zH2O, AM 

47, 1053 (1962). 

Lithiumfluorid = griceite, Hintze I.2, 2488 (1913). 

lithium fluormica = tainiolite, AM 56, 1630 (1971). 

lithium flur-hectorite = synthetic smectite K0.3(Mg,Li)[Si4O10]F2·zH2O, 

Strunz & Nickel 804 (2001). 

lithium glaucophane = holmquistite, Deer et al. II, 230 (1963). 

Lithiumglaukophan = holmquistite, Doelter IV.3, 1141 (1931); [II.2,348]. 

Lithiumglimmer subgroup = trilithionite + polylithionite + 

siderophyllite, LAP 24(10), 58 (1999). 

lithium-hydrorhodonite = nambulite, AM 71, 1282 (1986). 

lithium-iron mica = siderophyllite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 611 

(1892). 

lithium iron phosphate = triphylite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

Lithiumkaliumaluminiumglimmer = trilithionite or polylithionite, Doelter 

IV.3, 1141 (1931); [II.2,449]. 

Lithiumkaliumeisenglimmer = siderophyllite or polylithionite, Doelter 

IV.3, 1141 (1931); [II.2,458]. 

Lithiumkryolith = synthetic Li3AlF6, Doelter IV.3, 312 (1930). 

Lithiumleucit = synthetic zeolite Li[(AlSi2)O6], Doelter IV.3, 1141 

(1931); [II.2, 473]. 

Lithium-Mangan-Eisenoxydphosphat = Fe-rich lithiophilite, Doelter III.1, 

420 (1914). 

lithium manganese phosphate = lithiophilite, Kipfer 182 (1974). 

lithium mica (Dana) = trilithionite or polylithionite, Dana 6th, 611 

(1892). 

lithium mica (Keppler) = synthetic LiAl2[(AlSi3)O10]O, AM 75, 532 (1990). 

lithium muscovite (Levinson) = Li-rich muscovite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

lithium-muscovite (Stevens) = trilithionite, MM 25, 635 (1940). 

Lithiummuskovit (Levinson) = Li-rich muscovite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

Lithiummuskovit (Stevens) = trilithionite, Strunz 547 (1970). 

lithium-natrolite = synthetic zeolite Li2[(Al2Si3)O10]·2H2O, MM 24, 236 

(1936). 

Lithiumparagonit = Li-rich paragonite, Doelter IV.3, 1039 (1931).

lithium phengite = Li-rich muscovite, CM 36, 910 (1998). 

Lithiumpsilomelan = lithiophorite pseudomorph after ilvaite, Linck I.3, 

3605 (1929). 

lithium pyroxene = spodumene, Deer et al. 2A, 526 (1978). 

lithium richterite = synthetic amphibole Li2MgMg5[Si4O11]2F2 ?, Deer et al. 

II, 356 (1963). 

lithium schorl = elbaite, Bukanov 84 (2006). 

Lithiumsmaragd = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, Haditsch & Maus 119 (1974). 

Lithiumsodalith = synthetic sodalite, Doelter IV.3, 1141 (1931); 

[II.2,282]. 

lithium-spinel = synthetic LiAl5O8, MA 6, 330 (1936). 

lithium-tourmaline = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

lithiumturmalin = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, Novitzky 189 (1951). 

lithium-vermiculite = Li-rich vermiculite, Clark 404 (1993). 

lithné-turmaliny = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

lithocolla = kaolinite, Hintze II, 834 (1892). 

lithographic stone = compact calcite (limestone), Dana 6th, 267 (1892). 

lithographische Stein = compact calcite (limestone), Tschermak 439 

(1894). 

lithomarge = halloysite-10Å or kaolinite, Dana 6th; 685, 688 (1892). 

lithoph = natrolite, Tschernich 529 (1992). 

Lithophosphorus Suhlensis = fluorite, Dana 6th, 161 (1892). 

Lithosiderite = iron + taenite + Fe-rich enstatite (meteorite), Hintze 

I.1, 161 (1898). 

lithoslazuli = dark-violet fluorite, Haditsch & Maus 119 (1974). 

lithospar = spodumene + feldspar, Bates & Jackson 384 (1987). 

lithoxyl = opal-CT pseudomorph after wood, Chester 159 (1896). 

lithoxylite = opal-CT pseudomorph after wood, Read 139 (1988). 

Lithoxylon = opal-CT pseudomorph after wood, Clark 404 (1993). 

lithrodes = nepheline, Egleston 229 (1892). 

litik = colorless glass, Bukanov 369 (2006). 

litioferrotrifilin = triphylite, László 161 (1995). 

litiofilita = lithiophilite, Novitzky 189 (1951). 

litioforiet = lithiophorite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

litiofosfaat = lithiophosphate, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

litiofoszfát = lithiophosphate, László 161 (1995). 

litiofoszfatit = lithiophosphate, László 312 (1995). 

litiolit = lithiophilite, László 161 (1995). 

litiomanganotrifilin = lithiophilite, László 161 (1995). 

litiomarsturit = lithiomarsturite, László 161 (1995). 

litionit = trilithionite or polylithionite or siderophyllite, László 162 

(1995). 

litionnefelina = eucryptite, de Fourestier 199 (1999). 

litiosideriet = iron + taenite + Fe-rich enstatite (meteorite), Council 

for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

litiotantite = lithiotantite, MM 48, 576 (1984). 

litiowodginit = lithiowodginite, László 161 (1995). 

litit = pectolite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumametiszt = dark-violet gem spodumene, László 11 (1995). 

lítiumamfibol subgroup = holmquistite + clinoholmquistite, László 161 

(1995). 

lítiumcsillám = trilithionite or polylithionite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumföldpát = synthetic feldspar Li[(AlSi3)O8], László 161 (1995). 

lítiumglaukofán = holmquistite, László 161 (1995).

lítiummuszkovit = Li-rich muscovite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumnátrolit = synthetic zeolite Li2[(Al2Si3)O10]·2H2O, László 161 

(1995). 

lítiumnefelin = eucryptite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumpszilomelán = lithiophorite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumsmaragd = green gem Cr-rich spodumene, László 247 (1995). 

lítiumspinell = synthetic LiAl5O8, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumturmalin = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, László 161 (1995). 

lítiumvascsillám = siderophyllite or polylithionite, László 161 (1995). 

líhiumvermikulit = Li-rich vermiculite, László 161 (1995). 

litokolla = kaolinite, László 161 (1995). 

litomárga = nacrite, László 161 (1995). 

litosiet = lithosite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

litoslazuli = dark-violet fluorite, Read 139 (1988). 

litosziderit = Ni-rich iron ± Fe-rich forsterite ± Fe-rich enstatite ± 

anorthite (meteorite), László 161 (1995). 

litoxil(on) = opal-CT, László 161 (1995). 

Li-tosudite = Li-rich tosudite (di-tri-dioctahedral), AM 71, 432 (1986). 

Li-tourmaline = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

litozit = lithosite, László 161 (1995). 

littarge = litharge, Lima-de-Faria 337 (1994). 

Little Falls diamond = translucent quartz, Bukanov 391 (2006). 

little silver = platinum, Elements 4, 228 (2008). 

Li-Turmalin = elbaite or fluor-liddicoatite, Doelter II.1, 15 (1912). 

liucsinjinit = uytenbogaardtite, László 162 (1995). 

liuhelite (IMA 1984-016) = Cu-poor, Pb-rich konderite, IMA 1994-029; CM 

33, 518 (1995). 

liujinyinite = uytenbogaardtite, AM 67, 1081 (1982); 72, 1039 (1987). 

liujinyite = uytenbogaardtite, Roberts et al. 495 (1990). 

liver-colored copper ore = bornite, Egleston 54 (1892). 

liver-coloured copper ore = liroconite, Egleston 194 (1892). 

liver copper ore = cuprite, Bukanov 199 (2006). 

Liverit = bitumen, Chudoba EII, 753 (1959). 

Li-vermiculite = Li-exchanged vermiculite, CCM 33, 244 (1985). 

Li + -vermiculite = Li-exchanged vermiculite, CCM 28, 107 (1980). 

liver-opal = red or yellow Fe-rich opal-CT, Chester 159 (1896). 

liver ore (Breithaupt) = cuprite ± chrysocolla ± goethite, Chester 118 

(1896). 

liver-ore (?) = cinnabar ± idrialite ± clay, Chester 159 (1896). 

liver-pyrites = marcasite or pyrite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite, Clark 

290, 574 (1993). 

liversite = bitumen, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

liverstone = baryte + bitumen, Chester 159 (1896). 

livesite = kaolinite-1Md, MM 30, 738 (1955). 

livezit = kaolinite-1Md, László 312 (1995). 

livirion = dark-yellow gem beryl, Bukanov 64 (2006). 

Livit = opal-A, MM 27, 271 (1946). 

lizardite-Ni = népouite, EJM 5, 1205 (1993). 

lizote = blue quartz + silver ?, AM 12, 388 (1927). 

Ljardit = opal-A, MM 13, 370 (1903). 

llaflammeite = laflammeite, MA 53, 4485 (2002). 

llallagualita = rhabdophane-(Ce), MM 28, 732 (1949). 

llallayualite = rhabdophane-(Ce), Clark 405 (1993). 

llanca = chrysocolla, Dana 6th, 699 (1892).

LLC corrensite = corrensite (smectite-vermiculite), Dana 8th, 1508 

(1997). 

llicteria = franckeite, Dana 6th I, 27 (1899). 

llimpi = cinnabar, Hintze I.1, 692 (1900). 

llomonosovite-ß = lomonosovite, MA 50, 4128 (1999). 

lluvia de oro = Ca-rich albite, de Fourestier 200 (1999). 

lluvisnando opal = pale-yellow opal-CT, Webster & Anderson 957 (1983). 

L.M.B. = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

load = lead, R. Dixon, pers. comm. (1992). 

loadstar = magnetite, Thrush 652 (1968). 

loadstone = magnetite, Dana 6th, 225 (1892). 

loaisita = scorodite, MM 15, 424 (1910). 

Loboit = Mn-rich vesuvianite, Dana 6th, 477 (1892). 

Lockensilber = wire silver, Kipfer 110 (1974). 

lockportite = iron (meteorite), Chester 159 (1896). 

lodalite = hedenbergite, Chester 159 (1896). 

lodestar = magnetite, Thrush 655 (1968). 

lodestone = magnetite, Dana 6th, 225 (1892). 

lode tin = cassiterite, Bates & Jackson 387 (1987). 

Lodevit = metalodèvite, Chudoba EIV, 49 (1974). 

lodevite-meta = metalodèvite, Nickel & Nichols 247 (1991). 

lodochnikite = brannerite, AM 48, 1419 (1963); 50, 1142 (1965). 

lodochnikovite (Gerasimovsky) = brannerite, AM 42, 307 (1957). 

lodochnikovite (Nefedov) = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, AM 40, 551 (1955). 

Lodochnikowit = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, Chudoba EII, 753 (1959). 

lodo costero = clay, de Fourestier 200 (1999). 

lodocsnyikit = brannerite, László 162 (1995). 

lodocsnyikovit (Gerasimovsky) = brannerite, László 162 (1995). 

lodocsnyikovit (Nefedov) = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, László 162 (1995). 

lodotchnikovite = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, MM 31, 965 (1958). 

Lodotschnikit = brannerite, Chudoba EII, 753 (1959). 

lodotschnikovite = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, Strunz & Nickel 804 (2001). 

Lodotschnikowit = Al-Mg-Ca-Fe-O-F, MM 31, 965 (1958). 

Lodowatasalz = halite, Papp 104 (2004). 

lodranite = iron + Fe-rich enstatite + Fe-rich forsterite (meteorite), MM 

19, 59 (1920). 

lodulite = hedenbergite, Chester 160 (1896). 

Loeffen = arsenic, de Fourestier 200 (1999). 

loellingite = löllingite, AM 9, 61 (1924). 

loenjokiet = lun'okite, Council for Geoscience 767 (1996). 

loesserite = inderite, MM 39, 918 (1974). 

loevigite = alunite, MA 7, 214 (1938). 

loeweite = löweite, MM 37, 960 (1970). 

loewigite = alunite, Chester 160 (1896). 

loewite = löweite, MM 37, 960 (1970). 

Löffelkobelt = arsenic, Hintze I.1, 106 (1898). 

loffelkobelt = arsenic, Aballain et al. 207 (1968). 

lofoit = Fe 2+ -rich clinochlore, László 162 (1995). 

loganite = diopside + actinolite + talc, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

logronite = meteorite, Clark 406 (1993). 

lohestite = kaolinite + pyrophyllite + muscovite + chlorite, Van Der 

Meersche et al. 63 (2010). 

löhlbachiachát = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, László 2 (1995). 

lok-batanite = organic, MM 26, 338 (1943).

lokkaite = lokkaite-(Y), AM 72, 1042 (1987). 

loin stone = jadeite or actinolite, O'Donoghue 335 (2006). 

Lölingit (original spelling) = löllingite, Chester 160 (1896). 

lolingita = löllingite, Domeyko II, 162 (1897). 

Lolith = cordierite, LAP 20(11), 44 (1995). 

lollingite = löllingite, Aballain et al. 207 (1968); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

Loloith = cordierite, LAP 20(11), 44 (1995). 

Loma Pinta agate = banded quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, MR 39, 73 (2008). 

lombaardite = allanite-(Y), EJM 18, 554 (2006). 

Lombardy diamond = translucent quartz, Bukanov 391 (2006). 

Lomonit (original spelling) = laumontite, Dana 6th, 587 (1892). 

lomonosovite-ß = lomonosovite, AM 48, 1414 (1963); 50, 1141 (1965). 

lomonosowiet = lomonosovite, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Lomonossowit = lomonosovite, Chudoba EII, 223 (1954). 

Lomonossowit-ß = lomonosovite, Chudoba EIII; 37, 184 (1965). 

lomonoszovit = lomonosovite, László 162 (1995). 

lomonoszovit-ß = lomonosovite, László 162 (1995). 

lomontite = laumontite, Egleston 183 (1892). 

lonbaardite = allanite-(Y), Deer et al. 1B, 178 (1986). 

Lonchidit = As-rich marcasite, Dana 6th, 96 (1892). 

londerbackite = Al-rich römerite, de Fourestier 36 (1994). 

London Blue = topaz, O'Donoghue 180 (2006). 

Londonshireite = hypothetical mica-like, ClayM 41, 874 (2006). 

Loneit = launayite, Chudoba EIV, 50 (1974). 

longbanite = långbanite, Dana 6th, 543 (1892). 

Longhinit or Longinit = sylvanite + quartz, Papp 54 (2004). 

Longulit = colloid, Dana 6th, 1032 (1892). 

lonsdejleita = lonsdaleite, Chudoba EIV, 372 (1975). 

lonsdaleite-3R = diamond, CM 16, 116 (1978). 

Lonsdeleit = lonsdaleite, Chudoba EIV, 50 (1974). 

lood = lead, Zirlin 76 (1981). 

loodglans = galena, Zirlin 60 (1981). 

loodglit = litharge, Council for Geoscience 766 (1996). 

Loomite = talc, Thrush 657 (1968). 

loparite = loparite-(Ce), CM 38, 145 (2000). 

loparite-(La) = NaLaTi2O6, MM 63, 520 (1999). 

lopary blood = red eudialyte, Bukanov 274 (2006). 

lopezite = lópezite, Fleischer 52 (1971); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

lòpezite = lópezite, Mandarino & Back 155 (2004); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

Lophoit = Fe-rich clinochlore, Dana 6th, 653 (1892). 

lorandite = lorándite, Strunz & Nickel 136 (2001); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

loranskite = loranskite-(Y), Roberts et al. 364 (1974). 

loranskite-(Y) (questionable) = tanteuxenite-(Y), AM 72, 1042 (1987). 

loranszkit-(Y) = loranskite-(Y), László 162 (1995). 

Lorenzit = lorenzenite, Chudoba EII, 579 (1958). 

lorettoite = synthetic Pb7O6Cl2 (slag), AM 64, 1303 (1979); LAP 11(6), 25 

(1986). 

loringita = löllingite, Domeyko II, 493 (1897). 

lörvite = löweite, MM 37, 960 (1970). 

Löschblei = graphite, Hintze I.1, 51 (1898). 

losite = vishnevite, MM 26, 3 (1941). 

löslicher Anhydrit = triclinic Ca(SO4), Linck I.3, 3739 (1929). 

losod = synthetic sodium zeolite, AM 66, 788 (1981). 

Lossenit = scorodite + beudantite, AM 35, 1055 (1950).

lotalalite = hedenbergite, Chester 160 (1896). 

lotalite = hedenbergite, AM 73, 1131 (1988). 

Lotalolalith = hedenbergite, Kipfer 110 (1974). 

Lötherde = montmorillonite, Haditsch & Maus 120 (1974). 

Lotrit = pumpellyite-(Mg), MM 30, 132 (1953). 

Lottrit = pumpellyite-(Mg), Kipfer 110 (1974). 

louderbackite = Al-rich römerite, AM 35, 1056 (1950). 

louisite = quartz + apophyllite, AM 15, 84 (1930). 

lourioniet = laurionite, Council for Geoscience 765 (1996). 

lousite = quartz + apophyllite, Simpson 46 (1932). 

lovanite = låvenite, de Fourestier 201 (1999). 

lovchorrite = metamict rinkite, AM 43, 795 (1958). 

lovcsorrit = metamict rinkite, László 162 (1995). 

love arrows = acicular rutile + quartz, AM 12, 388 (1927). 

löveite = löweite, Chester 160 (1896). 

loveite = löweite, Aballain et al. 208 (1968). 

lovenite = låvenite, Dana 6th, 375 (1892). 

love stone = gem quartz ± mica ± chlorite ± hematite, Read 139 (1988). 

Lovezstein = talc, Haditsch & Maus 120 (1974). 

lovozerite-Ca = lovozerite, EJM 21, 1069 (2009). 

lovozerite M = lovozerite, EJM 21, 1071 (2009). 

lovozerite-Mn = Na3MnZr[Si6O15(OH)3], EJM 21, 1069 (2009). 

lovozerite T = lovozerite, EJM 21, 1071 (2009). 

lovtchorrite = metamict rinkite, MM 21, 569 (1928). 

Lovtschorrit = metamict rinkite, Strunz 548 (1970). 

low albite = albite (ordered Al-Si), AM 65, 986 (1980). 

low bornite = bornite-2a4a2a, AM 63, 5 (1978). 

low-Ca pyroxene = pigeonite, AM 68, 477 (1983). 

low chalcocite = chalcocite, AM 66, 808 (1981). 

low-clinoenstatite = clinoenstatite, AM 59, 345 (1974). 

low-clinopyroxene = clinoenstatite or clinoferrosilite, AM 84, 245 

(1999). 

low-cordierite = cordierite, Deer et al. I, 274 (1962). 

low cristobalite = cristobalite, Dana 7th III, 273 (1962). 

low-density zircon = metamict zircon, MA 8, 123 (1941). 

low dickite = < 2.6 GPa dickite, AM 95, 651 (2010). 

low digenite = digenite, AM 65, 574 (1980). 

low enstatite = Mg2[Si2O6] (P21/c), EJM 23, 197 (2011). 

loweite = löweite, Aballain et al. 208 (1968); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

lower high tridymite = high-temperature SiO2, Dana 7th III, 259 (1962). 

low gallium albite = synthetic feldspar Na[(GaSi3)O8] (ordered Ga-Si), AM 

76, 92 (1991). 

Löwigit = alunite, Chester 160 (1896). 

lowigite = alunite, Aballain et al. 208 (1968). 

low indialite = indialite, AM 51, 1071 (1966). 

löwite = löweite, MM 37, 960 (1970). 

low-kalsilite = kalsilite, MJJ 11, 77 (1982). 

low K-oligoclase = Ca-rich microcline, AM 71, 3 (1986). 

lowland iron ore = goethite, Egleston 191 (1892). 

low melanophlogite = melanophlogite, Strunz & Nickel 206 (2001). 

low microcline = microcline (ordered Al-Si), AM 71, 3 (1986). 

low naumannite = naumannite, AM 92, 640 (2007). 

low-nepheline = nepheline, AM 53, 925 (1968). 

low oligoclase = Ca-rich albite (ordered Al-Si), AM 71, 3 (1986).

Lowozerit = lovozerite, Chudoba EII, 225 (1954). 

low perdistortional cordierite = cordierite, AM 51, 1071 (1966). 

low pigeonite = pigeonite, Deer et al. 2A, 164 (1978). 

low plagioclase = albite + anorthite (ordered Al-Si), AM 52, 127 (1967). 

low quartz = quartz, AM 13, 73 (1928). 

low-sanidine = sanidine (nearly disordered Al-Si), Deer et al. IV, 3 

(1963). 

low subdistortional cordierite = cordierite, AM 51, 1071 (1966). 

low tidymite = tridymite, Clark 710 (1993). 

low tridymite = tridymite, AM 12, 384 (1927). 

Lowtschorrit = metamict rinkite, Chudoba EII, 755 (1959). 

low-type zircon = metamict zircon, Webster & Jobbins 66 (1998). 

low-zircon = metamict zircon, MA 8, 123 (1941). 

loxoclase = Na-rich orthoclase, Dana 6th, 318 (1892). 

Loxoklas = Na-rich orthoclase, Dana 6th, 315 (1892). 

loxoklász = Na-rich orthoclase, László 163 (1995). 

l'oxyde rouge de manganese = hausmannite, Dana 6th, 230 (1892). 

l-quartz = left-handed quartz, AM 94, 1556 (2009). 

LTA = zeolite, AM 95, 1694 (2010). 

lu = Ge-rich mawsonite, AM 55, 1812 (1970). 

luanhoit = luanheite, László 163 (1995). 

Lubeckit = Cu-rich asbolane, AM 9, 39 (1924). 

lublinicie = fine acicular calcite, Clark 409 (1993). 

lublinite = fine acicular calcite, AM 61, 172 (1976). 

lübtheenite = Na2FeAl3(OH)4(PO4)3·13H2O, IMA 1996-021. 

lubumbashiet = heterogenite-3R, MM 24, 616 (1937). 

lucasite (Chatard) = Cr-rich hydrobiotite ?, Dana 6th, 666 (1892). 

lucasute-(Ce) = lucasite-(Ce), Godovikov 93 (1997). 

lucculita = compact calcite (marble), de Fourestier 201 (1999). 

Lucetit = mogánite, Hintze I.2, 1465 (1906). 

Luchsapphir = gem cordierite or blue asteriated gem Fe-Ti-rich corundum, 

Clark 156 (1993). 

Luchsauge = green Na-rich anorthite, Haditsch & Maus 120 (1974). 

Luchssaphir = gem cordierite or blue asteriated gem Fe-Ti-rich corundum, 

Clark 409 (1993). 

Luchssapphir = gem cordierite or blue asteriated gem Fe-Ti-rich corundum, 

Dana 6th, 419 (1892). 

Luchstein = cordierite, Haditsch & Maus 120 (1974). 

lucianite = Ca-rich saponite, AM 5, 18 (1920). 

Lucinite = variscite, AM 10, 23 (1925). 

luckite = Mn 2+ -rich melanterite, Dana 6th, 941 (1892). 

Luckyit = Mn 2+ -rich melanterite, Strunz 283 (1970). 

lucky stone = twinned cross-formed staurolite, Thrush 662 (1968). 

Lucullan = compact dolomite + coal (marble), Chester 161 (1896). 

lucullite = compact dolomite + coal (marble), Dana 6th, 267 (1892). 

Lu-cuspidine = synthetic (NaCa2Lu)[Si2O7]F2, CM 33, 880 (1995). 

Lucy = giant diamond, MR 39, 260 (2008). 

ludamite = ludlamite, AM 43, 193 (1958). 

ludus helmontii = calcite or marcasite, Egleston 195 (1892). 

ludwigite-aluminifère = Al-rich ludwigite, Aballain et al. 209 (1968). 

Ludwig's ed. = rutile, Dana 7th I, 554 (1944). 

luenebergite = lüneburgite, AM 21, 189 (1936). 

lueneburgite = lüneburgite, AM 9, 62 (1924). 

Lueschit = lueshite, Chudoba EIV, 51 (1974).

luesjiet = lueshite, Council for Geoscience 767 (1996). 

luethite = luetheite, MM 42, 526 (1978). 

luetiet = luetheite, Council for Geoscience 767 (1996). 

Luftsalpeter = nitrocalcite, Hintze I.3, 2734 (1916). 

luftsaueres Silber = acanthite + dolomite + silver, Haüy III, 290 (1822). 

luftsaure Kalkgattung = calcite, Chudoba RI, 33 (1939). 

luftsäuren Kalk = aragonite, LAP 21(9), 7 (1996). 

luftsauren Kalk = aragonite, Linck I.3, 2991 (1926). 

luftsauren Kalkgattung = calcite, Linck I.3, 2898 (1926). 

luftsaurer Braunsteinerz = rhodochrosite + rhodonite, Papp 92 (2004). 

luftsaurer Kalk = aragonite, Chudoba RI, 33 (1939). 

luftsaures Braunsteinerz = rhodochrosite + rhodonite, Papp 92 (2004). 

luftsaures Silber = acanthite + dolomite + silver, Dana 6th, 309 (1892). 

luftsaures Wismuth = beyerite or bismutoferrite or bismutite, MM 27, 267 

(1946). 

Luftstein = enstatite or diopside + plagioclase ± Fe-rich forsterite 

(meteorite), Kipfer 110 (1974). 

luigite = non-crystalline Na-Ca-Fe-Mg-Si-O-H, MM 15, 425 (1910). 

lu' jade = actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 402 (2006). 

lukullán = compact dolomite + coal (marble), László 163 (1995). 

lumachella = brown compact chatoyant calcite (shell marble), Egleston 64 

(1892). 

lumachelle = brown compact chatoyant calcite (shell marble), Dana 6th, 

267 (1892). 

lumachelle d'Astrakan = brown compact chatoyant calcite (shell marble), 

Egleston 64 (1892). 

lumachelle opaline = brown compact chatoyant calcite (shell marble), 

Egleston 64 (1892). 

lumbar stone = actinolite or tremolite or jadeite, Bukanov 256, 288 

(2006). 

lumbumbashite = heterogenite-3R, Hey 502 (1962). 

lumen de Scaiola = gypsum, Dana 6th, 933 (1892). 

luminescite = unknown, IMA 1987-051. 

Lumpenerz = jamesonite ± stibnite ± metastibnite ± pyrargyrite, Dana 7th 

I, 454 (1944). 

Lumperz = jamesonite ± stibnite ± metastibnite ± pyrargyrite, Strunz & 

Nickel 805 (2001). 

luna = silver, Dana 6th, 19 (1892). 

luna corneo = chlorargyrite, de Fourestier 201 (1999). 

lunaire = gypsum or Ca-rich albite or orthoclase, Egleston 145, 236, 241 

(1892). 

lunokite = lun'okite, MR 39, 133 (2008). 

lunaris = orthoclase, Bukanov 279 (2006). 

lunar stone = P-rich baryte, Thrush 663 (1968). 

lunary = orthoclase, Bukanov 279 (2006). 

Lunday-Avery = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

lünebergite = lüneburgite, Dana 8th, 968 (1997). 

Lüneburger Salz = halite, Hintze I.2, 2149 (1911). 

lüneburger Sedativspat = boracite, Doelter III.2, 418 (1922). 

lüneburger Sedativ-Spath = boracite, Dana 6th, 879 (1892). 

luneburgite = lüneburgite, Aballain et al. 209 (1968). 

lunel = calcite (coral marble), O'Donoghue 369 (2006). 

lunicsienlait = lunijianlaite, László 163 (1995). 

lunijianiaite = lunijianlaite, Dana 8th, 1802 (1997).

luni marble = compact calcite, Egleston 195 (1892). 

lunites auricus = sylvanite, Papp 110 (2004). 

lunites molybdicus = pilsenite + hessite, Papp 83 (2004). 

lunjokite = lun'okite, MM 48, 577 (1984); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

Lunnit = pseudomalachite, AM 35, 365 (1950). 

lunokite = lun'okite, Nickel & Nichols 247 (1991); MR 39, 133 (2008). 

luo-calcite = Ca(HCO3)2, Chester 161 (1896). 

luo-chalybite = Fe(HCO3)2, Chester 161 (1896). 

Luobosait = luobusaite, LAP 32(5), 54 (2007). 

luo-diallogite = Mn(HCO3)2, Chester 161 (1896). 

luo-magnesite = Mg(HCO3)2 (colloidal nesquehonite ?), Chester 161 (1896). 

luorbritholite = fluorbritholite-(Ce), RE 31, 13 (1997). 

Luotolit = Ca-rich albite, Chudoba EII, 755 (1959). 

Lupikkit = cubanite + pyrrhotite + chalcopyrite + sphalerite, MM 30, 738 

(1955). 

lupikkoite = fluorvesuvianite, IMA 2000-037a. 

lupi spuma = ferberite or hübnerite, Dana 6th, 982 (1892). 

lupus jovis, molybdaenum = ferberite or hübnerite, Dana 7th II, 1064 

(1951). 

lupus metallorum = stibnite, Dana 6th, 36 (1892). 

lusakite = blue Co-rich staurolite, AM 20, 316 (1935). 

luscite = marialite or meionite, MM 1, 87 (1877). 

lusitanite (Lacroix) = riebeckite syenite (rock), MM 18, 382 (1919). 

lusitanite (Walker) = spencerite, MM 18, 382 (1919). 

lussaite = fibrous cristobalite, Bukanov 117 (2006). 

Lussatin = fibrous cristobalite, MM 25, 635 (1940). 

lussatite = fibrous cristobalite, MA 5, 476 (1934). 

lussatite-de-Moravie = fibrous cristobalite, Aballain et al. 209 (1968). 

Lustergem = synthetic gem spinel, Nassau 211 (1980). 

Lusterite = synthetic gem rutile, MM 39, 918 (1974). 

Lusterlite = synthetic gem rutile, Nassau 357 (1980). 

Lustigem = synthetic gem tausonite, MM 39, 912 (1974). 

Lustra = kaolinite, Robertson 22 (1954). 

lustrous iron = cohenite or schreibersite (meteorite), Papp 50 (2004). 

lustrous stone = black hematite, Bukanov 172 (2006). 

lusungite = goyazite, MM 59, 147 (1995). 

lutécine = mogánite, AM 78, 236 (1993). 

lutécite = mogánite, AM 78, 236 (1993). 

lutesiet = mogánite, Council for Geoscience 767 (1996). 

luthos lazuli = violet fluorite, Thrush 664 (1968). 

Luvulite = dark-violet Mn-rich sugilite, LAP 34(4), 8 (2009). 

Luxsaphir = gem cordierite, Haditsch & Maus 121 (1974). 

lux sapphire = gem cordierite, Read 140 (1988). 

luxullianite = tourmaline + quartz + orthoclase, Allaby & Allaby 222 

(1990). 

lu'yu jade = actinolite or tremolite, Bukanov 402 (2006). 

Lybanonbernstein = amber, Doelter IV.3, 1141 (1931). 

Lybian desert glass = glass (tektite), JMPS 96, 121 (2001). 

Lybianit = opal-A, Chudoba EII, 579 (1958). 

lybisches Wüstenglas = glass (tektite), Kipfer 110 (1974). 

lychnis = red gem Cr-rich corundum or spinel, Dana 6th; 210, 220 (1892). 

lychnites = granular calcite, Dana 6th, 267 (1892). 

lyddite = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Bates & Jackson 393 (1987). 

Lydian stone = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Dana 6th, 189 (1892).

lydienne = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Lacroix 23 (1931). 

lydischer Stein = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Sinkankas 290 (1972). 

Lydit = black massive Fe-rich quartz, Dana 6th, 189 (1892). 

Lyellit = devilline, AM 26, 293 (1941). 

lygurius = tourmaline ?, de Fourestier 202 (1999). 

Lyncur = metamict yellow zircon, Hintze I.2, 1636 (1907). 

lyncurion = metamict yellow zircon, Clark 411 (1993). 

lyncurite = metamict yellow zircon, Chester 162 (1896). 

lyncurium (Theophrastus) = metamict yellow zircon, Dana 6th, 482 (1892). 

lyncurium (Pliny) = amber, Dana 6th, 1002 (1892). 

lyncury = yellow quartz-mogánite mixed-layer, Bukanov 136 (2006). 

lyndoch = Th-rich euxenite-(Y), AM 12, 213 (1927). 

lyndochite (Butler) = aeschynite-(Y), CM 46, 397 (2008). 

lyndochite (Elsworth) = Th-rich euxenite-(Y), CM 44, 1559 (2006). 

lyngourion = yellow metamict zircon, Bukanov 98 (2006). 

lynsurium = zircon or corundum or grossular or vesuvianite, GT 24, 195 

(2008). 

lynx eye = Na-rich anorthite, Read 140 (1988). 

lynx sapphire = gem cordierite or blue asteriated gem Fe-Ti-rich 

corundum, Egleston 94, 164 (1892). 

lynx-stone = amber, Chester 162 (1896). 

lyonite = W-rich wulfenite, MM 17, 354 (1916). 

lypparia = hydrocarbon or sulphur ?, de Fourestier 202 (1999). 

Lysesten = baryte, Dana 6th, 899 (1892). 

Lysspat = fluorite, Clark 411 (1993). 

Lythiophillit = lithiophilite, Chudoba RII, 71 (1971). 

Lythrodes = nepheline + hematite, Dana 6th, 621 (1892).

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