This alphabetical listing of P minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names,
pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.
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NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Oxidized portions of Bi-Ag-U-Ca veins in the Pucher shaft of the Wolfgang Mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany.
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Putoran Mountains, Siberia.
Putzite (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hubert Putz (1973-), who discovered the new species during field work in Catamarca, for his significant contribution to the mineralogy of germanium in the Capillitas deposit.
Pyatenkoite-(Y) Na5(Y,Dy,Gd)TiSi6O18 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added)
NAME ORIGIN: For Yu. A. Pyatenko (1928-), prominent Russian crystal chemist.
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyrites lithos, "stone which strikes fire," in allusion to the sparking produced when iron is struck by a lump of pyrite.
Pyroaurite Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyro and the Latin aurium, "fire" and "golden" because of the gold-like submetallic scales present in its type locality. LOCALITY: Langbanshyttan, Sweden.
Pyrobelonite PbMn(VO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1919
NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "fire" and "needle", in allusion to the color and habit.
Pyrochlore (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr - "fire" and chloros - "green."
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyro and louein, "fire" and "to wash," because it was used to remove the greenish color imparted to glass by iron compounds.
Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr - "fire" and morfe - "form" in allusion the recrystallization reaction of the molten mineral.