page_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (L)
section_title: La – Le
hierarchical_section_title: List of minerals approved by IMA (L) / L / La – Le
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Lasurit Fundort: Distrikt Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley (Kokscha; Kokcha), Badachschan, Afghanistan. English: Lazurite Locality&#160;: Sar-e-Sang District, Koksha Valley (Kokscha; Kokcha), Badakhshan (Badakshan; Badahsan) Province, Afghanistan. Français&#160;: Lazurite Provenance&#160;: Sar-e-Sang Afganistan, vallée de Koksha (Kokscha; Kokcha), Province du Badakhchan, Afghanistan
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: Laachite (zirconolite: IMA2012-100) 4.0  [no]  
  ((Ca,Mn)₂Zr₂Nb₂TiFeO₁₄)
  Labuntsovite (labuntsovite) 9.CE.30e
  Labuntsovite-Fe (IMA1998-051a) 9.CE.30e   [no]
  Labuntsovite-Mg (IMA1998-050a) 9.CE.30e   [no]
  Labuntsovite-Mn (IMA2000 s.p., 1955) 9.CE.30e   [no]
  Labyrinthite (eudialyte: IMA2002-065) 9.CO.10   
  Lacroixite (titanite: 1914) 8.BH.10    
  (IUPAC: sodium aluminium fluoro phosphate)
  Laffittite (IMA1973-031) 2.GA.35    
  (IUPAC: silver mercury arsenide trisulfide)
  Laflammeite (IMA2000-014) 2.BC.60    
  (IUPAC: tripalladium dilead disulfide)
  Laforêtite (chalcopyrite: IMA1995-006) 2.CB.10a    
  (IUPAC: silver indium disulfide)
  Lafossaite (IMA2003-032) 3.AA.25    
  (IUPAC: thallium chloride)
  Lagalyite (IMA2016-106) 4.0  [no] [no]
  Lahnsteinite (ktenasite: IMA2012-002) 7.0  [no]  
  (IUPAC: tetrazinc hexahydro sulfate trihydrate)
  Laihunite (IMA1988-xxx, 1976) 9.AC.05   
  Laitakarite (tetradymite: IMA1967 s.p., 1959) 2.DC.05    
  (IUPAC: tetrabismuth triselenide)
  Lakargiite (oxide perovskite: IMA2007-014) 4.CC.30   [no] 
  (IUPAC: calcium zirconium trioxide)
  Lakebogaite (IMA2007-001) 8.EA.20   [no]
  Lalondeite (gyrolite: IMA2002-026) 9.EE.85   
  Lammerite (IMA1980-016) 8.AB.30    
  (IUPAC: tricopper diarsenate)
  Lammerite-beta (lammerite-β: IMA2009-002) 8.AB.30  [no]  
  (IUPAC: tricopper diarsenate)
  Lamprophyllite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: 1894) 9.BE.25  [no] [no]  
  (IUPAC: trisodium (strontium sodium) trititanium heptaoxydisilicate dioxidedihydroxyl)
  Lanarkite (Y: 1832) 7.BD.40    
  (IUPAC: dilead oxide sulfate)
  Landauite (crichtonite: IMA1965-033) 4.CC.40   
  Landesite (reddingite: IMA1964 s.p., 1930 Rd) 8.CC.05    
  (IUPAC: nonamanganese(II) triiron(III) trihydro octaphosphate nonahydrate)
  Långbanite (IMA1971 s.p., 1888) 9.AG.10   
  Långbanshyttanite (IMA2010-071) 8.0  [no] [no] 
  (IUPAC: dilead dimanganese magnesium tetrahydro diarsenate hexahydrate)
  Langbeinite (langbeinite: 1891) 7.AC.10    
  (IUPAC: dipotassium dimagnesium trisulfate)
  Langhofite (IMA2019-005) 7.0  [no] [no]
  Langisite (nickeline: IMA1968-023) 2.CC.05    
  (IUPAC: cobalt arsenide)
  Langite (Y: 1864) 7.DD.10    
  (IUPAC: tetracopper hexahydro sulfate dihydrate)
  Lanmuchangite (alum: IMA2001-018) 7.CC.20    
  (IUPAC: thallium aluminium disulfate dodecahydrate)
  Lannonite (IMA1979-069) 7.DF.40   
  Lansfordite (Y: 1888) 5.CA.10    
  (IUPAC: magnesium carbonate pentahydrate)
  Lanthanite (lanthanite) 5.CC.25 
  (IUPAC: diREE tricarbonate octahydrate)
  Lanthanite-(Ce) (IMA1983-055) 5.CC.25   
  Lanthanite-(La) (IMA1987 s.p., 1845) 5.CC.25   
  Lanthanite-(Nd) (IMA1979-074) 5.CC.25   
  Lapeyreite (IMA2003-023b) 8.0   [no] 
  (IUPAC: tricopper oxydi(hydroxoarsenate) monohydrate)
  Laphamite (orpiment: IMA1985-021) 2.FA.30    
  (IUPAC: diarsenic triselenide)
  Lapieite (IMA1983-002) 2.GA.25    
  (IUPAC: copper nickel antimonide trisulfide)
  Laplandite-(Ce) (IMA1974-005) 9.DJ.10   
  Laptevite-(Ce) (IMA2011-081) 9.0  [no] 
  Larderellite (larderellite: 1854) 6.EB.05   
  Larisaite (IMA2002-061) 4.JH.25   
  Larnite (Y: 1929) 9.AD.05    
  (IUPAC: β-dicalcium (tetraoxy silicate))
  Larosite (IMA1971-014) 2.LB.35    
  ((Cu,Ag)₂₁PbBiS₁₃)
  Larsenite (Y: 1928) 9.AB.10    
  (IUPAC: lead zinc (tetraoxy silicate))
  Lasalite (lasalite: IMA2007-005) 4.HC.05   
  Lasnierite (IMA2017-084) 8.0  [no] [no]
  Latiumite (latiumite: 1953) 9.EG.45   
  Latrappite (double perovskite: IMA1964-019) 4.CC.30   
  Laueite (laueite, laueite: 1954) 8.DC.30    
  (IUPAC: manganese(II) diiron(III) dihydro diphosphate octahydrate)
  Laumontite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1805) 9.GB.10   
  Launayite (madocite: IMA1966-021) 2.LB.30    
  (CuPb₁₀(Sb,As)₁₃S₂₀)
  Lauraniite (IMA2019-049) 7.0  [no] [no]
  Laurelite (IMA1988-020a) 3.DC.20    
  (IUPAC: heptalead dodecafluoride dichloride)
  Laurentianite (IMA2010-018) 9.0  [no] 
  Laurentthomasite (milarite: IMA2018-157) 9.0  [no] [no]
  Laurionite (Y: 1887) 3.DC.05    
  (IUPAC: lead hydro chloride)
  Laurite (pyrite: 1866) 2.EB.05a    
  (IUPAC: ruthenium disulfide)
  Lausenite (Y: 1928) 7.CB.70    
  (IUPAC: diiron(III) trisulfate pentahydrate)
  Lautarite (Y: 1891) 4.KA.05    
  (IUPAC: calcium diiodate)
  Lautenthalite (devilline: IMA1
caption: Lazurite on marble, Sar-e-Sang District,  Badakhshan, Afghanistan
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