Népouite: Properties and Occurrences
Népouite is a rare nickel silicate mineral which has the apple green color typical of such compounds. It is a mineral consisting of a hydrous…
Geographic Minerals
Livingstonite: Properties and Occurrences
Livingstonite is a mercury antimony sulfosalt mineral. It is a mineral HgSb4S7 consisting of a lead-gray mercury antimony sulfide resembling stibnite. It occurs in low-temperature…
Liroconite: Properties and Occurrences
Liroconite is a complex mineral: Hydrated copper aluminum arsenate hydroxide, with the formula Cu2Al[(OH)4|AsO4]·4(H2O). It is a beautiful mineral that is not often available from…
Lipscombite: Properties and Occurrences
Lipscombite, formula – (Fe2+, Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH)2 is a green-gray, olive green, or black. phosphate-based mineral containing iron, magnesium, and iron phosphate. It is a tetragonal-trapezohedral mineral…
Linnaeite: Properties and Occurrences
Linnaeite is a cobalt sulfide mineral with the composition Co2+Co3+2S4. It was discovered in 1845 in Västmanland, Sweden, and was named to honor Carl Linnaeus…
Lindgrenite: Properties and Occurrences
Lindgrenite is an uncommon copper molybdate mineral with formula: Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2. It occurs as tabular to platey monoclinic green to yellow-green crystals. It is a mineral…
Linarite: Properties and Occurrences
Linarite is a somewhat rare, crystalline mineral that is known among mineral collectors for its unusually intense, pure blue color. It is known for its…
Liebigite: Properties and Occurrences
Liebigite is a uranium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula: Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O. It is an apple-green mineral consisting of hydrous uranium calcium carbonate and occurring as…
Libethenite: Properties and Occurrences
Libethenite is a rare copper phosphate hydroxide mineral. It forms striking, dark green orthorhombic crystals. It is a secondary copper phosphate mineral found in the…
Levyne: Properties and Occurrence
Levyne or levynite is a zeolite mineral, i.e. a hydrated silicate mineral. It is a whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to…
Leucophoenicite: Properties and Occurrences
Leucophoenicite is a mineral with formula Mn7(SiO4)3(OH)2. It is a mineral consisting of a manganese silicate. Generally brown to red or pink in color, the…
Leucophanite: Properties and Occurrences
Leucophanite is an inosilicate mineral with a complex composition, [(Na, Ca)2BeSi2(O.OH.F)7]. It may contain cerium substituting in the calcium position. It is a mineral consisting…
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