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Paravauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)
Comments: Radiating group of pastel blue/green paravauxite crystals to 1cm. Location: Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1 cm. © Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals
Comments: Light-green, elongated paravauxite crystals. Location: Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm. © Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it
Paravinogradovite: (Na,[ ])2(Ti,Fe+++)4(Si2O6)2(Si3AlO10)(OH)4·H2O
Comments: Aggregates of parallel tan colored acicular paravinogradovite crystals associated with zircon. Location: Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Pargasite: NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Comments: Lime green, prismatic crystals of pargasite in matrix. Location: Luc Yen, Vietnam. Scale: 12x10 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
Pargasite: NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Edenite: NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2
Comments: Blocky, dark green crystals of visually indistinguishable pargasite and edenite. Location: Kolonne bei, Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. Scale: 4.5 x 1.7 x 3.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Parisite-(Ce): Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Comments: Brown crystals of parisite-(Ce) in matrix. Location: Narssarssuk, Igaliko, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Comments: Columnar, hexagonal crystal of orangy brown parisite-(Ce) on matrix. Location: Somewhere near Boyaca, Colombia. Scale: Scale not given. © Diego Rodriguez Acosta
Parkerite: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 Talnakhite: Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Comments: Cut, not polished section showing rounded grains of parkerite (yellow arrow) in 'dactiloscopyc' galena aggregate in talnakhite-chalcopyrite ore. Talnakhite is bronze-violet slightly oxidised grain streaked with golden chalcopyrite. Location: Taimyr (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 4x3 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Parkinsonite: (Pb,Mo,[ ])8O8Cl2
Comments: Prismatic crystals of parkinsonite projecting into cerussite and illustrating {001} cleavage and irregular fracture. Associated mineral is wulfenite. (MinMag, v58:390). Location: Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, in the south west of England. Scale: Scale Bar 250 µm. © Mineralogical Magazine
Parnauite: Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7(H2O)
Comments: Green tabular crystals of parnauite. Location: Graul, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Parsettensite: (K,Na,Ca)(Mn,Al)7Si8O20(OH)8·2(H2O) (?)
Comments: Yellowish brown microcrystals of parsettensite on a crystalline matrix with pyrite and apatite. Location: Foote mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert
Parsonsite: Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Bright yellow parsonsite crystals on matrix. Location: La Chaux, France. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4(H2O)
Comments: 3 mm thick white band of partheite in matrix. Location: Denezhkin, Kamen, Nord Urals, Russia. Scale: 0.9 x 1.6 cm. © John Veevaert
Partzite: Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 (?)
Comments: Light to dark green partzite encrustations with sky-blue chrysocolla and limonite gossan matrix. Location: Comanche mine, Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Mono Co., California, USA. Scale: 5.5 x 3.5 x 4cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Parvo-mangano-edenite: Na(CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Comments: Orange-brown parvo-mangano-edenite in gniess. Location: Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2.0 X 3.0 X 3.0 cm. © Erik Rutnik / New York State Museum
Parvowinchite: Na(NaMn++)(Mg4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 Turneaureite: Ca5[(As,P)O4]3Cl Donpeacorite: (Mn,Mg)MgSi2O6
Comments: Colorless, transparent turneaureite masses with light brown tirodite (parvowinchite) and darker brown donpeacorite. Location: 2500' level of the mine, ZCA Mine No. 4 (St Joe Mine; ZCA No. 4 mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA. Scale: Picture Size 0.5 cm. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Parwanite: (Na,K)(Mg,Ca)4Al8(PO4)8(CO3)(OH)7·30H2O
Comments: Translucent to white parwanite globules on montmorillonite matrix. Location: Parwan Lava Caves, Bacchus Marsh Victoria, Australia. Scale: Picture Size 2 x 3 mm. © Diederik Visser
Pasavaite: Pd3Pb2Te2 Polarite: Pd(Bi,Pb)
Comments: BSE image of pasavaite (pas) embedded in polarite (po) in association with sperrylite (sp), Pd-Pb-Bi-Te and Au-Ag phases. (CanMin, v47:53). Location: Talnakh deposit, Noril’sk-Talnakh Ni-Cu camp, Taimyr Autonomous District, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Pascoite: Ca3V10O28·17(H2O)
Comments: Deep reddish-orange coatings of pascoite. Individual crystals up to about 0.25 mm. Location: Slick Rock, Enar Area, San Miguel County, Utah, USA. Scale: 3 x 2 cm. © John Veevaert
Comments: Bright orange sugary crusts of pascoite across sandstone matrix. Location: Black Stone Incline, Thompson dist., Grand Co., Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 2 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix