List of Minerals Named After People - L

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  • Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photograph of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons:Robert Lavinsky)
  • Lavoisierite: Mn2+8O44(OH)12 – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794)
  • Livingstonite: HgSb4S8 – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (1813–1873)
  • Lonsdaleite: C – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)
  • Lorandite: TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)
  • Lukechangite-(Ce): Na3Ce2(CO3)4F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934-2009)

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