page_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (L)
section_title: Li – Ly
hierarchical_section_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (L) / L / Li – Ly
caption_attribution_description: English: Libethenite Locality: Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: small cabinet, 8.0 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm Libethenite SHARP, intensely colorful crystals to about 3 mm cover this matrix plate and make for a very attractive and significant example of the species for this locale. Although you get larger libethenite from other places, the lustre and sharpness of these crystals is, for me, among the top for the species. They look like little green metallic octohedra at first glance. From the John Ydren collection, purchased for $125 in 1972 (a lot of money for those days!). Again, while you can get bigger crystals, this to me has more flash and color appeal than most, and overall is a superb example of the species. Deutsch: Libethenit Fundort: Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 8.0 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
context_page_description: This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter L. The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species.
  The list is divided into groups:
  Introduction •
  A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P–Q • R • S • T • U–V • W–X • Y–Z
  The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA2019'.
  The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group or chemical class, the year of publication, the IMA approval and the Nickel–Strunz code. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy.
  Abbreviations:
  ᴰ – discredited.
  Q – questionable/ doubtful.
context_section_description: Liandratite (IMA1975-039) 4.DH.35    
  (IUPAC: uranium(VI) diniobium octaoxide)
  Liberite (IMA1967 s.p., 1964) 9.AA.10    
  (IUPAC: dilithium beryllium tetraoxysilicate)
  Libethenite (andalusite: 1789) 8.BB.30    
  (IUPAC: dicopper hydro phosphate)
  Liddicoatiteᴴ 9.CK.05  [no] [no] 
  (Note: no type material available, formally discredited 2011; former liddicoatite was renamed fluor-liddicoatite)
  Liebauite (IMA1990-040) 9.DO.25    
  (IUPAC: tricalcium pentacopper hexacosaoxy nonasilicate)
  Liebenbergite (olivine: IMA1972-033) 9.AC.05    
  (IUPAC: dinickel tetraoxysilicate)
  Liebermannite (lingunite: IMA2013-128) 9.FA.  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: potassium sodium octaoxy trisilicate)
  Liebigite (Y: 1848) 5.ED.20    
  (IUPAC: dicalcium uranyl tricarbonate undecahydrate)
  Likasite (Y: 1955) 5.ND.05    
  (IUPAC: tricopper pentahydro nitrate dihydrate)
  Lileyite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA2011-021) 9.BE.25  [no] 
  Lillianite (lillianite: 1890) 2.JB.40a    
  (Pb₍₃₋₂ₓ₎AgₓBi₍₂₊ₓ₎S₆)
  Lime (Y: 1882) 4.AB.25    
  (IUPAC: calcium oxide)
  Limousinite (beryllophosphate zeolite: IMA2019-011) 7.0  [no] [no]
  Linarite (linarite: 1822) 7.BC.65    
  (IUPAC: lead copper dihydro sulfate)
  Lindackerite (lindacherite: IMA1995 s.p. Rd, 1853) 8.CE.30    
  (IUPAC: pentacopper diarsenate dihydroxoarsenate nonahydrate)
  Lindbergite (humboltine: IMA2003-029) 10.AB.05   [no] 
  (IUPAC: manganese(II) oxalate dihydrate)
  Lindgrenite (Y: 1935) 7.GB.05    
  (IUPAC: tricopper dihydro dimolybdate(VI))
  Lindqvistite (IMA1991-038) 4.CC.45    
  (IUPAC: dilead manganese(II) hexadecairon(III) heptacosaoxide)
  Lindsleyite (crichtonite: IMA1982-086) 4.CC.40   
  Lindströmite (meneghinite: IMA1975-005a) 2.HB.05a    
  (Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅)
  Línekite (IMA2012-066) 5.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: dipotassium tricalcium di[uranyl tricarbonate] heptahydrate)
  Lingbaoite (IMA2018-138) 2.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: silver tritelluride)
  Lingunite (lingunite: IMA2004-054) 9.FA.70   [no] 
  (IUPAC: sodium aluminium octaoxy trisilicate)
  Linnaeite (spinel, linnaeite: 1845) 2.DA.05    
  (IUPAC: cobalt(II) dicobalt(III) tetrasulfide)
  Lintisite (IMA1989-025) 9.DB.15    
  (IUPAC: trisodium lithium dititanium dioxy tetra(trioxy silicate) dihydrate)
  Linzhiite (silicide: IMA2010-011) 1.BB.20  [no]  
  (IUPAC: iron disilicide)
  Liottite (cancrinite-sodalite: IMA1975-036) 9.FB.05   
  Lipscombite (Y: 1953) 8.BB.90    
  (IUPAC: iron(II) diiron(III) dihydro diphosphate)
  Lipuite (IMA2014-085) 9.0  [no] [no]
  Liraite (IMA2019-085) 8.0  [no] [no]
  Liroconite (Y: 1822) 8.DF.20    
  (IUPAC: dicopper aluminium tetrahydro arsenate tetrahydrate)
  Lisetite (IMA1985-017) 9.FA.55    
  (IUPAC: disodium calcium tetraluminium tetra(tetraoxy silicate))
  Lishizhenite (IMA1989-002) 7.CB.75    
  (IUPAC: zinc diiron(III) tetrasulfate tetradecahydrate)
  Lisiguangite (IMA2007-003) 2.GA.25    
  (IUPAC: copper platinum bismuth trisulfide)
  Lisitsynite (IMA2000-008) 9.FA.25   [no] 
  (IUPAC: potassium boron hexaoxy disilicate)
  Liskeardite (Y: 1874) 8.DF.10   
  Lislkirchnerite (IMA2015-064) 5.N?.  [no] 
  (IUPAC: hexalead aluminium octahydro dichloro pentanitrate dihydrate)
  Litharge (Y: 1917) 4.AC.20    
  (IUPAC: lead oxide)
  Lithiomarsturite (rhodonite: IMA1988-035) 9.DK.05   
  Lithiophilite (olivine: 1878) 8.AB.10    
  (IUPAC: lithium manganese(II) phosphate)
  Lithiophorite (Y: 1870) 4.FE.25   
  Lithiophosphate (Y: 1957) 8.AA.20    
  (IUPAC: trilithium phosphate)
  Lithiotantite (IMA1982-022) 4.DB.40    
  (IUPAC: lithium tritantalum octaoxide)
  Lithiowodginite (wodginite: IMA1988-011) 4.DB.40    
  (IUPAC: lithium tritantalum octaoxide)
  Lithosite (IMA1982-049) 9.GB.05    
  (IUPAC: tripotassium dialuminium dodecaoxy tetrasilicate hydroxyl)
  Litidionite (IMA2014-C, 1880) 9.DG.70    
  (IUPAC: potassium sodium copper decaoxy tetrasilicate)
  Litochlebite (watkinsonite: IMA2009-036) 2.HB.20e  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: disilver lead tetrabismuth octaselenide)
  Litvinskite (lovozerite: IMA1999-017) 9.CJ.15a   [no]
  Liudongshengite (IMA2019-044) 5.0  [no] [no]
  Liuite (corundum: IMA2017-042a) 4.CB.  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: iron titanium trioxide)
  Liveingite (sartorite: 1902) 2.HC.05c    
  (Pb₂₀As₂₄S₅₆)
  Liversidgeite (IMA2008-048) 8.0 
caption: Libethenite crystals to 3 mm, Kambove,  Haut-Katanga District, Democratic Republic of Congo
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