![nodule of malachite from Zaire](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/malachite-nodule-zaire129.png)
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![nodule of malachite from Zaire](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/malachite-nodule-zaire129.png)
![green ludlamite crystal from Salsigne in France](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ludlamite-cristaux-salsigne-france138.png)
![linarite crystals from Cap - Garonne in France](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/linarite-cristaux-france.jpg)
![cabochon cut lepidolite](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lepidolite-cabochon133.png)
lepidolite
Its name comes from the Greek “lepidos” for scale and “lithos” meaning stone, meaning a stone formed of scales stacked in staircase shape. Discovered in Moravia, Czech Republic, it is very close to another mica called muscovite, and for some it is not really a
![legrandite emerald cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/legrandite-taille-emeraude134.png)
legrandite
Identified in 1932 by Drugman and Hey, its name honors the Belgian mining engineer, Legrand.
![green lazulite from Pakistan emerald cut](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lazulite-taille-emeraude-pakistan139.png)
lazulite
Not to be confused with lazurite, the main constituent of lapis lazuli. Lazulite is also called Klaprothite, in honor of the German mineralogist Klaproth (1743-1817) who discovered titanium and uranium, and described this stone. The name fell into disuse but it would avoid confusion between