Mineral Specimen Images (P)

Paakkonenite: Sb2AsS2  
Kermesite: Sb2S2O

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.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Pabstite: Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9

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

Pachnolite: NaCaAlF6·(H2O)

Comments: Color-zoned (darker core) prismatic translucent pachnolite crystals, with secondary white prismatic microcrystals.
Location: Ivigtut, Greenland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Paganoite: (Ni,Co)BiAsO5

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.
© Eur. J. Mineral

Pahasapaite: Li8(Ca,Li,K,Na)11Be24(PO4)24·38(H2O)

Comments: Lilac colored pahasapaite in matrix.
Location: Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA. Scale: Picture size 3.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Painite: CaZrB[Al9O18]

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

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Palarstanide: Pd8(Sn,As)3  
Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn

Comments: Polished Section (PPL) showing light gray euhedral palarstanide (P) surrounded by white atokite (A) in light brownish cubanite (C).
Location: Talnakh, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.14 mm.
© Thomas Witzke

Palenzonaite: (Ca,Na)3Mn++(V+++++,As+++++,Si)3O12

Comments: Dark reddish-brown palenzonaite.
Location: Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4.5 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Palermoite: (Sr,Ca)(Li,Na)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)4

Comments: Less than 1cm, vug with micro crystals of palermoite.
Location: Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm.
© John Veevaert

Palladium: Pd,Pt

Comments: Platinum-rich palladium nugget, mounted in epoxy, with one side polished.
Location: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Palladodymite: (Pd,Rh)2As  
Hongshiite: PtCu  
Ruthenium: (Ru,Ir,Os)

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.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Palladseite: Pd17Se15

Comments: Irregular metallic palladseite grain.
Location: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Palygorskite: (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4(H2O)

Comments: Compact massive palygorskite.
Location: Senton, Devon, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Panunzite: (K,Na)AlSiO4

Comments: Translucent colorless panunzite crystals lining a small cavity in greenish volcanic matrix.
Location: Valle de Diablo, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Campania, Italy (Type Locality for Panunzite). Scale: Crystal Size 1-1.5 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals