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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
Picromerite: K2Mg(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Comments: Blocky white picromerite crystals on reddish halite. Location: Heringen, Werra Valley, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Specimen Size 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm. © Rob Lavinsky
Picropharmacolite: Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11(H2O)
Comments: White, acicular crystalline sprays of picropharmacolite on matrix. Location: Wechsel Schacht, Richelsdorf, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Comments: Snow white acicular, radial spray of picropharmacolite with pink sainfeldite. Location: Wilhelm Mine, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany. Scale: Cluster size 6 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Piemontite: Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Comments: Red, acicular crystalline aggregates of piemontite. Location: N'Chwaning mine, Kuruman, Nothern Cape, South Africa. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Piemontite-(Sr): (Ca,Mn++)(Sr,Ca)Mn+++(Al,Mn+++,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
Comments: Carmine red crystals of piemontite-(Sr) found on quartz. Location: Graveglia, Piemont, Italy. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Piergorite-(Ce): Ca8Ce2(Al0.5 Fe+++0.5)([ ],Li,Be)2Si6B8O36(OH,F)2
Comments: B&W image of a group of platy-elongated crystals of piergorite-(Ce) on matrix. Location: Tre Croci locality, Vetralla, Viterbo province, Italy. Scale: Crystal Length 400 µm. © American Mineralogist
Pierrotite: Tl2Sb6As4S16
Comments: Orange-red micro crystals of pierrotite to 0.2 mm.. Location: Jas Roux, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Scale: Sample Size 1x2 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
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
Pillaite: Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5
Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of acicular pillaite fibers. (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:606). Location: Buca della Vena mine in the Apuan Alps, northern Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Image. © Eur. J. Mineral
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
Pinalite: Pb3(WO4)OCl2
Comments: Yellow needles of pinalite from 0.2 to 0.5mm in rose quartz and blue caledonite. Location: Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
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
Pinnoite: MgB2O4·3(H2O) Inderite: MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O)
Comments: Pale green translucent crystalline pinnoite on chalky white inderite. Location: Lake Inder, Atyrau, Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pintadoite: Ca2V2O7·9(H2O)
Comments: Dark green to lighter green pintadoite coatings on sandstone. Location: Deremo-Snyder Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pirssonite: Na2Ca(CO3)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Almost transparent platy pirssonite crystal. Location: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species