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Nielsenite: PdCu3

Comments: BSE images of nielsenite (nls), skaergaardite (sk), chalcocite + bornite (cc + bn), bornite (bn) and chalcocite (cc) in non-magnetic ore concentrates..
Location: Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland.. Scale: See Images.
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Nioboaeschynite-(Y): [(Y,REE),Ca,Th,Fe](Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)6

Comments: BSE image of a nioboaeschynite-(Y) grain. (CanMin, v46:395).
Location: Bear Lake Diggings, Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
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Niobokupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F)  
Kupletskite: K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of Niobokupletskite (Nkpt) rimming kupletskite (Kpt). The zoning in the kupletskite is from Nb-poor to Nb-rich in the direction of the arrow (dark to medium gray). (CanMin v 38, p 628).
Location: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Scale bar 100 µ-m.
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Nullaginite: Ni2(CO3)(OH)2

Comments: BSE image of a nullaginite nodule in a polished section. (CanMin, v19:315).
Location: Otwav deposit, Nullagine district, Western Australia.. Scale: See Image.
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Numanoite: Ca4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2  
Borcarite: Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2

Comments: Zoned borcarite (Bc) crystal with a core of green numanoite (Nm). CanMin 45:307.
Location: Fuka mine, 40 km west-northwest of Okayama City, western Japan. Scale: See Image.
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Oosterboschite: (Pd,Cu)7Se3

Comments: Polished section showing oosterboschite (metallic yellow) and its alteration product (light brown) as intergranular veinlets surrounding mineralized malachite and quartz (dark grey), and several grains of goethite (light grey).
Location: Copper Hills in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. (CanMin, v 40:419). Scale: Picture Size 0.56 mm.
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Osmium: (Os,Ir)  
Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S  
Vasilite: (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7  
Vysotskite: (Pd,Ni)S

Comments: BSE image taken with a SEM of the sulfide-dominant microparagenesis filling a gas vacuole. Cooperite crystal surrounded by Pd-Cu-Pt-S phase (vasilite?), vysotskite and osmium laths (white) in chalcopyrite-bornite matrix (dark). (CanMin 38:1258).
Location: Pustaya River placer deposit, situated within the Koryak-Kamchatka platinum-bearing belt of Alaskan-type intrusions in eastern Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Oxykinoshitalite: (Ba,K)(Mg,Fe++,Ti)3(Si,Al)4O10O2

Comments: Back-scattered-electron image of oxykinoshitalite, showing the prominent (001) cleavage, (CanMin, v43:1501).
Location: Fernando de Noronha Island, Pernambuco, Brazi. Scale: See Image.
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Paakkonenite: Sb2AsS2  
Vaughanite: TlHgSb4S7  
Stibarsen: SbAs

Comments: B&W image of vaughanite (Va) aggregate surrounding a fibrous bundle of paakkonenite (Pfi) and associated with stibarsen (Star) and realgar (Re). Oil immersion. (CanMin, v53:369).
Location: Rare primary constituent of the Golden Giant orebody of the Hemlo gold deposit, Hemlo, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
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Paarite: Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12  
Krupkaite: PbCuBi3S6

Comments: A mosaic of large grains of a low-Cu bismuthinite derivative, decomposed into an intergrowth of paarite (bd42) and krupkaite (bd49).
Location: In quartz veins of the Felbertal scheelite deposit, Salzburg Province, Austria. (CanMin v43:909). Scale: See Image.
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Pakhomovskyite: Co3(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: Pink crystals of pakhomovskyite on the matrix. (CanMin, v44:117).
Location: Dolomite carbonatite cutting phoscorites in the Iron-Ore Complex, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Pakhomovskyite: Co3(PO4)2·8(H2O)

Comments: SEM image of crystals of pakhomovskyite on the matrix. (CanMin, v44:117).
Location: Dolomite carbonatite cutting phoscorites in the Iron-Ore Complex, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image.
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Palladoarsenide: Pd2As

Comments: SEM polished section showing hessite (Hes) with merenskyite (Mrk) relics surrounded by palladoarsenide (PdAs). (CanMin, v43:1355).
Location: Elatsite porphyry-copper deposit, Bulgaria. Scale: Scale Bar 10 µm.
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Panichiite: (NH4)2SnCl6

Comments: BSE image of octahedral panichiite crystals on alunite. (CanMin, v47:367).
Location: La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Scale: See Image.
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Paolovite: Pd2Sn  
Menshikovite: Pd3Ni2As3

Comments: BSE image showing menshikovite (mnv), paolovite (plv), isomertieite (ism), cobaltite (cob), and chalcopyrite (ccp) with quartz (qtz) and a Fe-rich aluminosilicate (sil).
Location: Lower (exo)-contact of the Chiney intrusion in Siberia. (CanMin, v40:679). Scale: See Image.
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Paracostibite: CoSbS

Comments: Photomicrograph showing four groups of paracostibite grains (white) associated with sphalerite (grey), and chalcopyrite (liglit grey). Dark areas are pits. (CanMin v 10:232).
Location: Drill-core from claims held by Cochenour Willans Gold Mines Ltd. in Mulcahy Township, District of Kenora, Red Lake Mining Division, Ontario, Canada. Scale: See Image.
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Pararobertsite: Ca2Mn+++3(PO4)3O2·3(H2O)

Comments: SEM image of a group of pararobertsite crystals illustraing the typical habit. (CanMin, v27:451).
Location: Tip Top pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. Scale: Scale Bar 100 µm.
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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.
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Pekovite: SrB2Si2O8

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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Pertlikite: K2(Fe++,Mg)2(Mg,Fe+++)4Fe+++2Al(SO4)12·18H2O

Comments: B&W image of dark olive green to black crystal of pertlikite from the type material. (AmMin, v46:661).
Location: Madeni Zakh, Iran. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
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