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Petarasite: Na5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2(H2O)
Comments: Mottled tan prismatic petarasite crystal in syenite rock. Location: De Mix Quarry, Mont Saint Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pharmacolite: CaHAsO4·2(H2O) Haidingerite: Ca(AsO3OH)·(H2O)
Comments: Translucent colorless crystalline spherical aggregate of haidingerite with white pharmacolite. Location: Jachymov, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pharmacosiderite: KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7(H2O)
Comments: Translucent yellow-brown cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals. Location: Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Cornwall, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phaunouxite: Ca3(AsO4)·11(H2O)
Comments: Aggregate of transparent colorless acicular phaunouxite microcrystals. Location: Grube Gabe Gottes, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, Haute-Rhin, France. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Philipsbornite: PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)
Comments: Greenish-yellow philipsbornite botryoidal crust. Location: Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phillipsite-Na: (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)
Comments: Phillipsite, variety wellsite, crystals on matrix. Location: Near Ronca, Verona, Veneto, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phillipsite-Na: (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) Tacharanite: Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36
Comments: Spherical tacharanite aggregates on phillipsite crystals. Location: Espalion, Aveyron, France. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2 Serendibite: Ca2(Mg,Al)6(Si,Al,B)6O20
Comments: Blue serendibite, with golden colored phlogopite, in white marble. Location: Near Johnsberg, Warren County, New York, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phosphammite: (NH4)2HPO4
Comments: Tan opaque granular phosphammite. Location: Guanape Islands, La Libertad, Peru. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phosphofibrite: KCuFe+++15(PO4)12(OH)12·12(H2O) Crandallite: CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)
Comments: Olive-green colored fibrous phosphofibrite aggregates with white crandallite. Location: Silver Coin Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phosphosiderite: Fe+++PO4·2(H2O) Tinsleyite: KAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O) Rockbridgeite: (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5
Comments: Violet botryoidal tinsleyite on bluish-purple botryoidal phosphosiderite on dark, massive rockbridgeite. Location: Bendada, Guarda, Portugal. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Phurcalite: Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7(H2O)
Comments: Coatings of minute acicular phurcalite crystals on sandstone. Location: Posey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pianlinite: Kaolinite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4
Comments: Off-white colored minute pianlinite (kaolinite) fragment. Location: Pianling, China. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pickeringite: MgAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O) Magnesioaubertite: (Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl·14(H2O)
Comments: Aqua crystalline magnesioaubertite with white pickeringite. Location: Grotto di Faraglione, Vulcano, Sicily, Italy. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pickeringite: MgAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
Comments: Radiating fibrous pickeringite. Location: Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Picotpaulite: TlFe2S3
Comments: SEM image of a polished secton of picotpaulite inclusions in realgar, most likely associated with lorandite as well. Location: Allchar (Alsar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia. Scale: Picture Size 300 µm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pigeonite: (Mg,Fe++,Ca)(Mg,Fe++)Si2O6
Comments: Dark green prismatic pigeonite crystals in matrix. Location: Belmont Quarry, Louden County, Virginia, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pilsenite: Bi4Te3
Comments: Silvery metallic pilsenite veinlets in quartz. Location: Near Hope, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pinakiolite: Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3)
Comments: Black submetallic platy pinakiolite crystals in white calcite. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pinchite: Hg++5O4Cl2 Montroydite: HgO
Comments: Minute lustrous black pinchite crystals on white montroydite. Location: Terlingua, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species