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Plombierite: Ca5H2Si6O18·6H2O

Comments: Whitish chalky massive, somewhat fibrous plombierite, in vesuvianite.
Location: Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Plumbogummite: PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)  
Mimetite: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Comments: White, fuzzy aggregates of plumbogummite covering lime green mimetite (campylite) crystals.
Location: Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Plumbojarosite: PbFe+++6(SO4)4(OH)12  
Galena: PbS

Comments: Yellow, earthy plumbojarosite on massive, gray galena.
Location: Quarry No 3, Königshain, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Plumbomicrolite: (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH)

Comments: Gray, octahedral crystal of plumbomicrolite.
Location: Ploskaya Mt, Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: 20x17x13 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Plumbomicrolite: (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH)

Comments: Large octahedral crystal of brownish black plumbomicrolite on matrix.
Location: Berg Ploskaya, West Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Paul M. Schumacher

Plumbonacrite: Pb10(CO3)6O(OH)6

Comments: Transparent crystals of plumbonacrite.
Location: Wanlockhead, Scotland. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Plumbopalladinite: Pd3Pb2  
Valleriite: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2  
Cubanite: CuFe2S3  
Pentlandite: (Fe,Ni)9S8

Comments: Polished Section image (PPL) of plumbopalladinite (Pl) with polarite Po), surrounded by a rim of isoferroplatinum (Iso) with cubanite (Cu), pentlandite (Pe), and valleriite (Va).
Location: Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

Plumbophyllite: Pb2Si4O10·H2O

Comments: Light blue, compact, radial, thin platy crystals of plumbophyllite in matrix.
Location: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Scale: Specimen size 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH)  
Columbite-(Fe): Fe++Nb2O6

Comments: Brown plumbopyrochlore crystal with dark brown ferrocolumbite (columbite-(Fe)).
Location: Holdazan, Buregteg, Mongolia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH)  
Fergusonite-(Y): YNbO4

Comments: Brown resinous fergusonite-(Y) (as per communication with Pavel M. Kartashov) with yellowish plumbopyrochlore.
Location: Ploskaya Mountain, Keivy Region, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH)  
Columbite-(Mn): (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6

Comments: Yellow-brown plumbopyrochlore crystalline crust over black manganocolumbite grain. Such plumbopyrochlore-manganocolumbite ovoids with different grade of replacement are very typical for the locality.
Location: Amazonite pegmatites of Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Plumbotsumite: Pb5Si4O8(OH)10

Comments: Translucent plumbotsumite microcrystals.
Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Plumosite: Pb2Sb2S5

Comments: Gray metallic needles of plumosite in brown siderite matrix.
Location: Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Not Given.
© Diederik Visser

Podlesnoite: BaCa2(CO3)2F2

Comments: Tabular, prismatic podlesnooite crystals up to 2 mm in radiating groups and clusters with double terminations.
Location: Kirovskii Mine, Mt. Kukisvumchorr, Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© Diederik Visser

Poitevinite: (Cu,Fe++,Zn)SO4·(H2O)

Comments: Pale brown powdery poitevinite mass with pale blue chalcanthite.
Location: Bonaparte River, Kamloops District, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pokrovskite: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·0.5(H2O)  
Hydromagnesite: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4(H2O)

Comments: Tan spherical pokrovskite on serpentinite rock with white hydromagnesite sprays.
Location: KCA Quarry, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Polarite: Pd(Bi,Pb)  
Pasavaite: Pd3Pb2Te2

Comments: BSE image of pasavaite (pas) embedded in polarite (po) in association with sperrylite (sp), Pd-Pb-Bi-Te and Au-Ag phases. (CanMin, v47:53).
Location: Talnakh deposit, Noril’sk-Talnakh Ni-Cu camp, Taimyr Autonomous District, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Poldervaartite: (Ca,Mn++)2SiO3(OH)2

Comments: Moderate reddish tint to yellowish poldervaartite crystalline druze on matrix.
Location: N'chwaning II mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, Kuruman, Kalahari desert, South Africa. Scale: 6 x 3.5 x 4 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Poldervaartite: (Ca,Mn++)2SiO3(OH)2  
Bultfonteinite: Ca2SiO2(OH,F)4

Comments: Bow-tie clusters of white, acicular bultfonteinite and blocky, beige-colored poldervaartite on matrix.
Location: N'Chwaning mine, South Africa. Scale: picture size 4 cm.
© John Veevaert

Polhemusite: (Zn,Hg)S

Comments: B&W polished section (PPL) image (green filter) of aggregates of polhemusite (P) in stibnite (S) with associated cinnabar (C) and quartz (Q). (AmMin, v63:1153).
Location: Mercury-bearing antimony ore from the B and B deposit, Big Creek district, Valley County, Idaho. Scale: Scale Bar 0.5 mm.
© American Mineralogist