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Paakkonenite Kermesite
Comments: Much of the matrix is the gray metallic paakkonenite with red crystals of kermesite and minute yellow crystals of valentinite.
Location: Cai' ao mine, Danfong Co., Shaanxi Prov., China.
Scale: 3x2x2cm.
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Pabstite
Comments: Pabstite grains in matrix. It is essentially the tin analog of benitoite with tin replacing titanium in the formula 3:1. Pabstite fluoresces under SW UV light as seen in the photo.
Location: Kalkar Quarry, Santa Cruz County, California, USA.
Scale: 4.5 x 3 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Paganoite
Comments: Scanning electron microscope photomicrograph of blocky subhedral to euhedral crystals of paganoite and more fine-grained mottled material that is aerugite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:169).
Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, mined in the mid-1800’s, nothing was preserved of its previous history until it was located in 1981 by the American mineral dealer David New in the back of a drawer in an old mineral shop in Germany..
Scale: See Image.
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Painite
Comments: Painite #12, is an orange-brown, 0.156 gram, transparent, uniaxial, gemmy crystal with one perfect termination.
Location: Ongaing village, Mogok region, Myanmar.
Scale: Not Given.
© S Naung II |
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Palermoite
Comments: Less than 1cm, vug with micro crystals of palermoite.
Location: Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA.
Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Palladium Image |
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Palladodymite Image |
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Palladodymite Hongshiite Ruthenium
Comments: Palladodymite (light gray, in two small grains), hongshiite (pale creamy grayish, tarnished brownish) in massive ruthenium. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light.
Location: Miass River, Zlatoust, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 0.09 mm.
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Palladseite Image |
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Palmierite Image |
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Palygorskite Image |
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Panunzite Image |
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Papagoite Image |
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Parabariomicrolite Image |
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Parabutlerite Image |
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Paracelsian Image |
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Parachrysotile
Comments: Asbestos fibers of greenish parachrysotile.
Location: Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
Scale: 8x10 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Paradamite Image |
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Paradocrasite Image |
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Parafransoletite Roscherite
Comments: White, crystalline aggregate sprays of parafransoletite on dark reddish brown roscherite with massive, white, sucrosic whitlockite.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Paragonite Image |
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Paragonite Chloritoid
Comments: Grayish crystalline inclusion of chloritoid in white, massive paragonite.
Location: Drandorf Fundgrube Mine, Bockau, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Paragonite Image |
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Paraguanajuatite Image |
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Parahopeite Image |
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Parakeldyshite Image |
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Paralaurionite Image |
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Paralstonite Image |
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Paramelaconite Image |
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Paramendozavilite Image |
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Paranatrolite Image |
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Paraotwayite
Comments: Pale green, fibrous, silky, free standing paraotwayite crystals to about 0.25mm.
Location: Vaca Murta meteorite, Taltal, Atacama, Chile.
Scale: Crystal size .25 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Pararammelsbergite Image |
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Pararammelsbergite
Comments: Columnar crystals of metallic gray pararammelsbergite on massive arsenide ore.
Location: Lawson Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada.
Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© Reiner Mielke |
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Parascholzite Ehrleite
Comments: White to clear, slender, 1-2mm, prismatic crystals of ehrleite associated with massive parascholzite. Type specimen courtesy of Museum of Geology, SD School of Mines.
Location: Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA.
Scale: Crystal size 1-2 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Parascorodite Image |
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Paraspurrite Image |
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Paratacamite Christelite
Comments: Robins-egg blue christelite with dark green paratacamite on matrix.
Location: San Francisco mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile.
Scale: 3 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Paratellurite Image |
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Paravauxite Image |
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Paravauxite
Comments: Light-green, elongated paravauxite crystals.
Location: Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia.
Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
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Pargasite
Comments: Lime green, prismatic crystals of pargasite in matrix.
Location: Luc Yen, Vietnam.
Scale: 12x10 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Pargasite Edenite
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 |
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Parisite-(Ce)
Comments: Columnar, hexagonal crystal of orangy brown parisite-(Ce) on matrix.
Location: Somewhere near Boyaca, Colombia.
Scale: Scale not given.
© Diego Rodriguez Acosta |
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Parsettensite
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 |
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Partheite Image |
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Partheite
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 |
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Partzite
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 |
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Pascoite
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 |
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Pascoite
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 |
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Patronite Image |
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Patronite Image |
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Paulingite-K Image |
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Paulingite-K
Comments: Glassy clear micro crystals of paulingite line a vug in the basalt matrix.
Location: Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA.
Scale: 2.5 x 2 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Pavonite Image |
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Pearceite Image |
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Pecoraite Image |
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Pectolite Image |
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Pectolite Sugilite
Comments: Sharp terminated purple crystals of sugilite to 5mm on white, acicular pectolite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Peisleyite Image |
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Pekovite Image |
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Pekovite
Comments: Backscatter elecron image of (a) an intergrowth of pekovite (Pkv) and pectolite (Pct) and (b), an enlarged area of (a) showing details. (CanMin, v 42, p 110).
Location: Moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Alai range, Tien Shan, northern Tajikistan.
Scale: See Image.
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Penfieldite
Comments: White to clear or light blue, doubly terminated, striated penfieldite crystals from 0.5 to 2mm associated with boleite as micro coatings.
Location: Margarita mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Penikisite Jagowerite
Comments: Light green crystal of jagowerite intergrown with darker green penikisite in a tetrahedrite (black) and white quartz matrix.
Location: From quartz veins cutting clays 26 km N of Hess River, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Scale: Sample size 2x1 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy |
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Penkvilksite
Comments: Massive white cluster of Penkvilksite.
Location: Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Scale: .5 x 2.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Penroseite Image |
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Pentagonite Image |
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Pentahydroborite
Comments: Transparent, tabular crystal of pentahydroborite on massive material.
Location: Fuka Mine, Bicchu Town, Kawakama Co., Okayama Pref., Japan.
Scale: Crystal size 0.8 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Pentlandite
Comments: Ore sample of a mixture of several sulfide minerals: pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite.
Location: Frood-Stobie Mine, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
Scale: 20x15x7 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Perhamite Image |
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Perite Image |
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Perovskite Clinochlore
Comments: Square, opaque perovskite on green clinochlore. Very brilliant and with large crystals (2 x 1.5 cm.).
Location: Ilmen Mountains. Chelyabinsk, Urals, Russia.
Scale: 6 x 4.5 cm.
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Perraultite
Comments: Dark red prismatic crystal of perraultite to 1mm in matrix.
Location: Mariupol massif, Azov Sea Region, Ukraine.
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Perrierite-(Ce)
Comments: Black, granular perrierite in white calcite.
Location: Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway.
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
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Perroudite
Comments: Cluster of needle-like crystals of red perroudite in quartz matrix.
Location: Gap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, France.
Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Pertsevite
Comments: Backscattered electron (BSE) picture of pertsevite (P, darker grey) partially replacing clinohumite (C, lighter grey). The still lighter grey mineral with cleavage at the top contacting only pertsevite is calcite. (Eur. J. Mineral, 15:1008).
Location: Contact-metasomatic kotoite marble from the region east of Verkhoyansk, Sakha-Yakutia, northeastern Siberia..
Scale: See Image.
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Petalite
Comments: Translucent, gemmy , equant petalite crystal with an etched surface texture resulting in irregular faces.
Location: Paprok, Konar (Kunar; Konarh; Konarha; Nuristan) Province, Afghanistan.
Scale: 5x3.5x3 cm.
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Petersite-(Y)
Comments: Fine, light green, acicular crystals of petersite-(Y) to less than 0.2mm occupying an area of about 1mm on dark green malachite.
Location: Laurel Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA.
Scale: Picture size .5 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix |
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Petewilliamsite
Comments: SEM image of a portion of a petewilliamsite aggregate. Note the rounded nature of the crystal faces. (Min. Mag. 68:235).
Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: See Image.
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Petterdite
Comments: Pinkish-violet crystalline aggregate of petterdite on matrix.
Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm.
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Petterdite
Comments: Petterdite (Pe) forming a thin pink layer in grey-yellow anglesite (At) and cerussite, replacing galena (Gn), overgrown by red-yellow crocoite (Cr) and brown goethite (Gt). (CanMin, 38:1469).
Location: Red Lead mine, on the Zeehan–Dundas mining field in northwestern Tasmania, Australia..
Scale: Field of view: 15 9 mm.
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Pezzottaite
Comments: Hot-pink, hexagonal, floater crystal of pezzottaite.
Location: Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Antsirabe, Madagascar.
Scale: Crystal size 1.6x1.2x0.6 cm.
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Pharmacosiderite Arthurite
Comments: Altered rhyolite vug lined with brilliant apple green arthurite and cubic green crystals of pharmacosiderite.
Location: Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada. USA.
Scale: 2.7 x 1.7 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Philipsburgite
Comments: Green botryoidal micro crystals of philipsburgite.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© John Veevaert |
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Phlogopite
Comments: Exceptionally well-crystallized wine-colored pseudo-hexagonal crystal of phlogopite on white calcite.
Location: Kalu Khan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
Scale: 6 x 5.5 cm.
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Phlogopite Lazurite
Comments: Gemmy brownish phlogopite crystals on blue lazurite (lapis) matrix with minor pyrite.
Location: Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
Scale: 10 x 11.5 cm.
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Phoenicochroite Hemihedrite
Comments: Yellow hemihedrite crystals to 1 mm within pockets of dark red phoenicochroite crystalline aggregates on matrix.
Location: Pack Rat claim, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Phosphovanadylite
Comments: Scanning electron microscope micrographs showing the cubic habit of phosphovanadylite. (AmMin 83:890).
Location: Phosphoria Formation at Monsanto’s Enoch Valley Mine, Soda Springs, Idaho.
Scale: Crystal size 40 µm.
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Phosphowalpurgite
Comments: Scanning electron photomicrograph of tabular crystals (up to 330 microm) of phosphowalpurgite, (CanMin, 42:966)..
Location: Old mine dumps of an abandoned small ore deposit near Smrkovec, located 10 km NNE of Mariánské Lázne, Slavkovský Les Mountains, western Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Scale: Picture Size 515 µ-m.
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Phuralumite
Comments: Yellow crystals of phuralumite scattered on white matrix.
Location: Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo (Zaïre).
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Phurcalite
Comments: Yellow phurcalite crystals on white aragonite.
Location: Posey Mine, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA.
Scale: Picture site 0.5 cm.
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Phurcalite
Comments: Bright canary yellow acicular phurcalite crystals to about 0.25mm. Seems to have overgrown perhaps torbernite and individual groups are to 1mm.
Location: El Azul mine, Los Azules district, Copiapo Province, Atacama, Chile.
Scale: Picture Size 5 mm.
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Picropharmacolite
Comments: Snow white acicular, radial spray of picropharmacolite with pink sainfeldite.
Location: Wilhelm Mine, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany.
Scale: Cluster size 6 mm.
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Pillaite
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.
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Pinalite
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.
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Plagioclase Albite
Comments: Colorless, lustrous blocky albite crystals to 3 cm in size with a thick dusting of micaceous green micro chlorite.
Location: Acushnet Quarry, Bristol Co., Massachussetts, USA.
Scale: 17 x 15 x 7.5 cm matrix.
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Plagioclase Albite
Comments: Crystal group of bladed albite (variety cleavelandite) crystals.
Location: Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Scale: 7.4 x 5 cm.
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Plagioclase Labradorite
Comments: Dual view of a cleavage fragment of labradorite showing the multi-colored labradorescence (schiller effect) and the same area viewed without the color. The color is due to optical interference on the 010 polysynthetic twinning planes (Albite Law).
Location: Ihosy, Betroka district, Toliara Province, Madagascar.
Scale: Picture size 3x3 cm.
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Plagionite
Comments: Lead-gray crystals (to 2mm) of plagionite with a bluish tarnish on vuggy white calcite matrix.
Location: Wolfsberg, Harz, Germany.
Scale: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5cm.
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Plancheite
Comments: Open vug lined with individual plancheite crystals to 3mm.
Location: Mashamba West Mine, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scale: 2.5 x 1.7 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Planerite
Comments: Light green, oolitic coatings of planerite on matrix.
Location: Mauldin Mountain Quarry, Mt. Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA.
Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Platinum Cherepanovite Cooperite
Comments: Creamy-grayish fractured grains of cherepanovite with gray granular cooperite and white massive grains of iridian ruthenian platinum. Polished section in reflected light.
Location: Placer Deposit, Northern Pekul'nei River, Pekul'nei Range, Chukotka (Tchukotka) Okrug, Chukot Peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 0.12 mm.
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Platinum
Comments: Stream-worn, platinum nugget with chromite? Inclusions.
Location: Rio Tinto, San Juan River Basin, Papayan, Cauca, Columbia.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 cm.
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Plattnerite
Comments: Rhombic calcite crystals with overgrowth of sparkling black plattnerite crystals.
Location: Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico.
Scale: 5x3x2 cm..
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Plumbomicrolite
Comments: Gray, octahedral crystal of plumbomicrolite.
Location: Ploskaya Mt, Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
Scale: 20x17x13 mm.
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Plumbomicrolite
Comments: Large octahedral crystal of brownish black plumbomicrolite on matrix.
Location: Berg Ploskaya, West Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Scale: See Image.
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Poldervaartite
Comments: Moderate reddish tint to yellowish poldervaartite crystalline druze on matrix.
Location: N'chwaning II mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, Kuruman, Kalahari desert, South Africa.
Scale: 6 x 3.5 x 4 cm.
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Poldervaartite Bultfonteinite
Comments: Bow-tie clusters of white, acicular bultfonteinite and blocky, beige-colored poldervaartite on matrix.
Location: N'Chwaning mine, South Africa.
Scale: picture size 4 cm.
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Pollucite
Comments: Isometric crystal of pollucite with clear quartz and sucrosic albite matrix.
Location: Shigar mine, Dossu, Skardu, Pakistan.
Scale: 14.6x10x11.5 cm.
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Polybasite
Comments: Lustrous, metallic steel-gray rosette of polybasite crystals.
Location: Guanajuato, Mexico.
Scale: 18 x 16 x 8 mm.
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Polycrase-(Y)
Comments: Large, black, blocky polycrase-(Y) crystal.
Location: Hidra, Vest-Agder, Norway.
Scale: Crystal size 0.8 X 2.0 cm.
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Polydymite
Comments: Octahedral crystals of polydymite on matrix.
Location: Grüneau Mine (Grüne Au Mine; Grünau Mine), Schutzbach, Betzdorf, Siegen District (W), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Polylithionite
Comments: Rosette of polylithionite crystals.
Location: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.
Scale: 2.5 x 2.3 cm.
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Ponomarevite
Comments: Orange ponomarevite. The sample stored in a closed vial. The photo was made through the vial.
Location: Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia.
Scale: Picture size 3 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag |
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Portlandite
Comments: Cleaved mass of white portlandite.
Location: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Scale: 4 x 1.5 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Potassic-carpholite
Comments: Tan prismatic crystal sprays of potassic-carpholite to about 2mm in matrix.
Location: Sawtooth Batholith, near Centerville, Boise Co., Idaho, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Potassic-ferritaramite Ferritaramite
Comments: Lightly to moderately etched, blocky, jet black ferritaramite (potassic-ferritaramite is a not approved mineral name).
Location: Niaslo, Basha Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan.
Scale: 5 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Potassicleakeite Watatsumiite
Comments: Yellow green prismatic crystal of watatsumiite terminated by pyramidal faces associated with reddish brown potassicleakeite and clear quartz (JMPS, v 98, p 149).
Location: Tanohata mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Scale: See Image.
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Potosiite Franckeite
Comments: Visually indistinguishable metallic potosiite/franckeite crystals to 6 mm..
Location: San Jose mine, Oruro City, Oruro Department, Bolivia.
Scale: Crystal size 6 mm.
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Pottsite
Comments: Sub-mm, bright yellow to orange pottsite crystals form coating on one side of specimen.
Location: Linka Mine, Potts, Lander County, Nevada, USA.
Scale: 3.5 x 4 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Powellite
Comments: Sharp, thumbnail-sized crystal group of yellowish brown lustrous powellite crystals, the largest measuring 15 x 18 mm in size.
Location: Pandulane quarry, Nasik district, Maharashtra, India.
Scale: 20 x 25 x 16 mm.
© Dan Weinrich |
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Prehnite
Comments: Very lustrous and brilliant prehnite.
Location: Deep Sahara, Morocco: Djbel Melh, Bou-Arfa.
Scale: 9 x 6.5 cm.
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Pretulite
Comments: SEM-BSE image of a euhedral crystal of pretulite (left), and proposed crystal forms (right).
Location: Apatite-rich oolitic Ordovician ironstone at Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Armorican Massif, France.
Scale: See Picture.
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Priderite
Comments: Clusters of sub-mm black, opaque crystals of priderite.
Location: Eveslogchorr Mt., Khibiny, Kola, Russia.
Scale: 2.5 x 3.4 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Probertite
Comments: Large colorless prismatic crystal of probertite.
Location: Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Erfurt district, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany.
Scale: Crystal length 4.7 cm.
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Protoanthophyllite
Comments: Drill core showing white acicular crystalline aggregates of protoanthophyllite in matrix with a close up image on the right..
Location: Drill-core sample from the waste dump of the abandoned Takase chromite mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Scale: Core size 3 cm.
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Proustite
Comments: Crystal group of gemmy, red proustite. Smithsonian collection.
Location: Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Atacáma Province, Chile.
Scale: Specimen Size 6x8 cm.
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Pseudoboleite
Comments: Blue crystal of pseudoboleite.
Location: Curuglu Mine, Santa Rosalía (El Boleó), Boleó District, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Scale: Crystal size 4.5 mm.
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Pseudomalachite Halloysite
Comments: Deep green pseudomalachite crystals on cuprous halloysite.
Location: Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana, USA.
Scale: Crystal size 1-2 mm.
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Pseudorutile
Comments: Dark brown grain of hydroxyian pseudorutile (Kleberite), from a heavy mineral concentrate.
Location: Königshain, Mittweida, Saxony, Germany.
Scale: Picture size 0.8 mm.
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Pumpellyite-(Fe++)
Comments: Gas cavities in basalt matrix lined with sprays of 1 mm green pumpellyite-(Fe) crystals.
Location: Braen's Quarry, Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA.
Scale: 25x15x15 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Comments: Greenish, flattened, prismatic crystals of pumpellyite-(Mg) ? to 3mm.
Location: Deere Island, Novato, Marin Co., California, USA.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Purpurite
Comments: Massive purpurite, which never forms crystals but is only found in masses.
Location: Newry, Maine, USA.
Scale: 6.5 x 4 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Putzite Catamarcaite
Comments: Polished section of putzite (pu) grain in close association with unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un1) and catamarcaite (ca), as inclusions in chalcocite-sphalerite (cc/sp) (CanMin 42:1761).
Location: Old dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina..
Scale: See Image.
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Pyrite
Comments: Lustrous 1 - 2 cm cubes of pyrite encased in a very fine-grained sedimentary marlstone (clay and calcite).
Location: Navajun-(La Rioja)-Spain.
Scale: 6x5x3 cm.
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Pyrobelonite
Comments: Scanning electron microscope picture, showing idiomorphic pyrobelonite crystals (pb) growing on, and intergrown with brackebuschite (bk). (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:147).
Location: Mullock dumps lining the outcrop of the manganite vein south of Krettnich, Saarland, Germany.
Scale: See Image.
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Pyrochlore
Comments: Deep brownish black crystals of pyrochlore to 0.9 cm across.
Location: Lauzon Farm, Oka, Quebec, Canada.
Scale: 3.9 x 2.9 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Pyrochroite Shigaite
Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm.
© John Veevaert |
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Pyromorphite
Comments: Apple green pyromorphite.
Location: San Andres Mine, Villaviciosa, Cordoba, Spain.
Scale: 6.5 x 5 cm.
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Pyrope
Comments: Transparent, dark-red pyrope garnet.
Location: Governador Valadares, Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil.
Scale: 6x6x6 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals |
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Pyrostilpnite
Comments: Deep bright-red, acicular crystals of pyrostilpnite to 1mm in vuggy sulfide matrix.
Location: Cerro Rico, Potosi City, Potosi Dept., Bolivia.
Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
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Pyrrhotite
Comments: Lustrous sharp crystals of pyrrhotite to 3.5 cm in size with minor sphalerite and chalcopyrite.
Location: Nikolaevskiy mine, Dal'negors, Primorskiy Kray, Russia.
Scale: 4 x 5 x 5.5 cm.
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