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Pucherite: BiVO4  
Schumacherite: Bi3[(V,As,P)O4]2O(OH)

Comments: Brown crystals of pucherite with yellow schumacherite on matrix.
Location: Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Pumpellyite-(Al): Ca2(Al,Fe++,Mg)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2·H2O

Comments: Pale green radiating fibrous to bladed pumpellyite-(Al) crystals on matrix.
Location: La Fleche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Pumpellyite-(Fe++): Ca2Fe++(Al,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Gas cavities in basalt matrix lined with sprays of 1 mm green pumpellyite-(Fe) crystals.
Location: Braen's Quarry, Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: 25x15x15 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals

Pumpellyite-(Fe+++): Ca2Fe+++Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2·(H2O)

Comments: Crystals of pumpellyite-(Fe+++), to 0.1 mm.
Location: Braen Stone Industry Quarry, Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: Crystal Length 0.1 mm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pumpellyite-(Mg): Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Greenish, flattened, prismatic crystals of pumpellyite-(Mg) ? to 3mm.
Location: Deere Island, Novato, Marin Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Pumpellyite-(Mn++): Ca2(Mn++,Mg)(Al,Mn+++,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: BSE image of pumpellyite-(Mn++) (P) intercleaved with phlogopite (black) between braunite (white) and calcite (C).
Location: Mn oxide ores from the Precambrian Sausar Group, India. (AmMin, v76:241). Scale: Scale Bar 0.01 cm.
© American Mineralogist

Purpurite: Mn+++PO4

Comments: Massive purpurite, which never forms crystals but is only found in masses.
Location: Newry, Maine, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 4 cm.
© John Veevaert

Pushcharovskite: Cu(AsO3OH)·1.5(H2O)

Comments: Light bluish, acicular crystals of pushcharovskite.
Location: Salsigne Mine, Montagne Noire, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Putzite: (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6  
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8

Comments: Polished section of putzite (pu) grain in close association with unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un1) and catamarcaite (ca), as inclusions in chalcocite-sphalerite (cc/sp) (CanMin 42:1761).
Location: Old dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Pyrargyrite: Ag3SbS3

Comments: Pyrargyrite with quartz.
Location: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. Scale: 3 x 2.5 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Pyrite: FeS2

Comments: Lustrous 1 - 2 cm cubes of pyrite encased in a very fine-grained sedimentary marlstone (clay and calcite).
Location: Navajun-(La Rioja)-Spain. Scale: 6x5x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy

Pyroaurite: Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)

Comments: Green, hexagonal plates of pyroaurite in quartz.
Location: Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Pyroaurite: Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)

Comments: Golden yellow platy crystals of pyroaurite to 1mm on matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Pyrobelonite: PbMn(VO4)(OH)

Comments: Scanning electron microscope picture, showing idiomorphic pyrobelonite crystals (pb) growing on, and intergrown with brackebuschite (bk). (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:147).
Location: Mullock dumps lining the outcrop of the manganite vein south of Krettnich, Saarland, Germany. Scale: See Image.
© Eur. J. Mineral

Pyrochlore: (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)

Comments: Deep brownish black crystals of pyrochlore to 0.9 cm across.
Location: Lauzon Farm, Oka, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.9 x 2.9 cm.
© John Veevaert

Pyrochlore: (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)  
Perrierite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22  
Zircon: ZrSiO4  
Loparite-(Ce): (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6

Comments: Reddish black perrierite crystal, with orange-brown pyrochlore crystal, yellow-brown zircon, and grayish-black loparite.
Location: Buer, Bjorkedalen, Langesundfjord, Telemark, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pyrochroite: Mn(OH)2

Comments: Pseudo-cubic crystal of pyrochroite on matrix.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Pyrochroite: Mn(OH)2  
Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)

Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm.
© John Veevaert

Pyrocoproite: (Mg(K,Na))2P2O7

Comments: Admixture of platy indented crystals of pyrocoproite (p) and tabular opal-C (O).
Location: Ghar al Hibashi (Hebashi) is a lava cave near Harrat Nawasif/Al Buqum, located east of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Scale: See Image.
© Saudi Geological Survey

Pyrocoproite: (Mg(K,Na))2P2O7

Comments: SEM image of pyrocoproite crystals with concoidal fracture.
Location: Ghar al Hibashi (Hebashi) is a lava cave near Harrat Nawasif/Al Buqum, located east of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Scale: See Image.
© Saudi Geological Survey