P Listing of Minerals

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P Mineral Index (418 Count)

This alphabetical listing of P minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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Phenakite     Be2SiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek phenakos - "deceiver", in allusion to its similarity to quartz when colorless. Phenenthrene - See Ravatite Philipsbornite   PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Helut von Philipsborn (1892-1983), Mineralogist, University of Bonn, Germany. Philipsburgite   (Cu,Zn)6(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Black Pine mine, Flink Creek Valley, John Long Mountains, 14.5 km west of Philipsburg, Montana, USA. Phillipsite - See Phillipsite-Na Phillipsite-Ca     (Ca,K,Na)1-2(Si,Al)8O16 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. The Ca-dominant member of the phillipsite series. Phillipsite-K     (K,Na,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. The K-dominant member of the phillipsite series. Phillipsite-Na     (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. Na modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. Philolithite     Pb12O6Mn(Mg,Mn)2(Mn,Mg)4(SO4)(CO3)4Cl4(OH)12 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name is from the Greek philos (=loving) and lithos (=stone) in honor of the Friends of Mineralogy. Phlogopite      KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek flogopos - "resembling fire." Phlogopite-Na - See Aspidolite REMARKS: Renamed to Aspidolite - NOMENCLATURE OF THE MICAS, The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 36, pp. 90s-912 (1998) Phoenicochroite    Pb2(CrO4)O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "deep red" and "color", in allusion to the color Phosgenite     Pb2(CO3)Cl2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition phosgene (COCl2), as the mineral contains this compound. Phosinaite-(Ce)    Na13Ca2Ce[Si4O12](PO4)4 Approved IMA 1975 ( Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For PHOsphorus, SIlicon, and sodium, NAtrium, in the composition. Phosphammite    (NH4)2HPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a PHOSPHate of AMMonium. Phosphate-walpurgite - See Walpurgite Phosphoellenbergerite  Mg14(PO4)6(PO3OH,CO3)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analogue of ellenbergerite. Phosphoferrite     (Fe++,Mn)3(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1926 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositoin, PHOSPHate and FERRous Iron. Phosphofibrite    KCuFe+++15(PO4)12(OH)12 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for phosphorus in the composition and its characteristic fibrous habit. Phosphogartrellite  PbCuFe+++(PO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship with gartrellite. Phosphohedyphane   Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analog of hedyphane. Phosphoinnelite   Ba4Na3Ti3Si4O14(PO4,SO4)2(O,F)3 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the P analog of innelite. Phosphomimetite - See Pyromorphite Phosphophyllite     Zn2(Fe++,Mn)(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition containing phosphorus and the Greek fyllon - meaning "leaf." Phosphorrosslerite  Mg(PO3OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analog of rosslerite. Phosphosiderite     Fe+++PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition, PHOSPHrous and SIDERos, Iron.. Phosphovanadylite     (Ba,Ca,K,Na)x[(V,Al)4P2(O,OH)16] Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of phosphate and the vanadyl (V++++O2)-- group. Phosphowalpurgite   (UO2)Bi4(PO4)O4 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate (PO4---) analogue of walpurgite. Phosphuranylite     KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composititon, PHOSPHorus, and URANYL, U4+. Phthalimide - See Kladnoite Phuralumite     Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition of PHosphate, URanium, and ALUMinum. Phurcalite     Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for PHosphorus, URanium, and CALcium in the composition. Phyllotungstite  CaFe+++3H(WO4)6 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystal habit and composition. Pianlinite - See Kaolinite REMARKS: Disordered kaolinite Picene - See Idrialite Pickeringite    MgAl2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1844 NAME ORIGIN: Named after J. Pickering (1777-1846). Picotpaulite    TlFe2S3 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Picot (1931-), French mineralogist. Picroilmenite - See Ilmenite REMARKS: Mg-rich ilmenite Picromerite      K2Mg(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "bitter" and "part" in allusion to the magnesium content which makes this water-soluble salt bitter to the taste. Picropharmacolite    Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its magnesia content and the similarity to pharmacolite. Picrosmine - See Antigorite Piedmontite - See Piemontite Piemontite    Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 - Dana number changed from 58.2.1a.11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Piedmont, Italy. Piemontite-(Sr)   (Ca,Mn++)(Sr,Ca)Mn+++(Al,Mn+++,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Approved IMA 1990 - Dana # changed from 58.2.1a.12 NAME ORIGIN: From its strontium content and similarity to piemontite. Piergorite-(Ce)    Ca8Ce2(Al0.5 Fe+++0.5)([ ],Li,Be)2Si6B8O36(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as an acronym from the names of two Italian collectors that have provided us with the sample in study: Giancarlo PIERini and Pietro GORini. Pierrotite    Tl2Sb6As4S16 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roland Pierrot (1930-), French mineralogist. Pigeonite    (Mg,Fe++,Ca)(Mg,Fe++)Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pigeon Point, Cook Co., Minnesota Pillaite   Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848), Italian Earth scientist. Pilsenite    Bi4Te3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Deutsch Pilsen ( Nagyb Pimelite Ni3Si4O10(OH)2 Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek word for "fat", in allusion to the mineral's appearance. Pimelite - See Willemseite REMARKS: (Mg, H20) bearing willemseite Pinakiolite     Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "small tablet", in allusion to the morphology. Pinalite    Pb3(WO4)OCl2 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mammoth mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Pinchite    Hg++5O4Cl2 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Wallace Pinch (1940- ), American mineral collector of Rochester, New York, USA, who first noted the species. Pingguite  Bi+++6Te++++2O13 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: At Yangjiava, Pinggu County, near Beijing, People's Republic of China. Pinnoite     MgB2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: Named for chief councilor of Mines, Pinno, of Halle, Germany. Pintadoite   Ca2V2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Canyon Pintado, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA. Piotine - See Saponite Piretite   Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4-4(H2O) Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Paul Piret (1932- ), Professor of Crystallography, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Pirquitasite  Ag2ZnSnS4 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pirquitas deposit, Rinconada department, Jujuy province, Argentina Pirssonite     Na2Ca(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), American petrographer and mineralogist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Pistacite - See Epidote REMARKS: Pistachio green epidote Pistanite (copper bearing) - See Melanterite Pitiglianoite     Na6K2Si6Al6O24(SO4) Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Casa Collina, Ptigliano, Tuscany, Italy. Pitticite   Hydrous ferric arsenate sulfate (Fe, AsO4, SO4, H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "pitch", for its typical resinous appearance. Pittongite  Na0.22[(W,Fe+++)(O,OH)3 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the former village of Pittong near the deposit. Piypite     K2Cu2(SO4)2O Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Boris I. Piyp (1906-1966), Russian geologist and director, Institute of Volcanology, Petropoavlovsk-Kamchatskii. Pizgrischite   (Cu,Fe)Cu14PbBi17S35 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Piz Grisch Mountain, Val Ferrera, Graub Placodine - See Maucherite Plagioclase   (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek plagios - "oblique" and klao - "I cleave" in allusion to the obtuse cleavage angles of the good cleavages. Plagionite     Pb5Sb8S17 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, plagios meaning "oblique." Plancheite    Cu8Si8O22(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named after J. Planche who brought it from Africa. Planerite   Al6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1862 NAME ORIGIN: Named for D. I. Planer, director of mines, Gumeshevsk, Ural Mountains, Russia. Planoferrite - See Hydroniumjarosite Plaster of Paris - See Bassanite Platarsite    (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, PLATinum and ARSenic. Platiniridium - See Iridium Platinum    Pt Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1748 NAME ORIGIN: Spanish, platina = "silver." Plattnerite    PbO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German metallurgist, K. F. Plattner (1800-1858). Platynite   (Bi,Pb)3(Se,S)4 Discredited IMA 1999 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1910 from the Greek "to broaden", in allusion to its platy habit. Playfairite  Pb16Sb18S43 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Playfair (1748-1819), Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh, Scotland. Plazolite - See Hibschite Pleonaste - See Magnesioferrite Plessite - See Kamacite REMARKS: Taenite and Kamacite Plessite - See Taenite REMARKS: Taenite and Kamacite Plimerite  ZnFe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Plombierite   Ca5H2Si6O18 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1858 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. Redefined in 1954. LOCALITY: Plombiees, Vosges, France. Plumalsite Pb4Al2(SiO3)7 (?) Not Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Pb, Al, Si). Plumbago - See Graphite Plumboagardite  (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as Pb (plumbo) analogue of agardite. Plumbobetafite   (Pb,U,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH,F) Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the lead (PLUMBium), and other betafite minerals. Plumboferrite   Pb2Fe+++(11-x)Mn++xO19-2x (x=1/3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1881 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin (PLUMum) for lead and FERROus iron in the composition. Plumbogummite    PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition: plumbum - "lead" and gummi - "indian rubber." Plumbojarosite    PbFe+++6(SO4)4(OH)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1902 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition (a variety of jarosite with Pb replacing K). Plumbomicrolite     (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH) Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for lead, "PLUMBum" and its relationship to microlite. Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]