Mineral Specimen Images (P)

Patronite: VS4  
Minasragrite: VO(SO4)·5(H2O)

Comments: Blue coatings of minasragrite on patronite.
Location: Minas Ragra, near Cerro de Pasco, Junin, Peru. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Patronite: VS4

Comments: Dark brownish black fine grained massive patronite.
Location: Minas Ragra, near Cerro de Pasco, Junin, Peru. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Patronite: VS4  
Stanleyite: (V++++O)SO4·6(H2O)

Comments: Blue crystalline stanleyite on dark patronite.
Location: Minas Ragra, Junin, Peru. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pauflerite: VO(SO4)

Comments: SEM image of small fragments of pauflerite.
Location: Tolbackik Volcano, Great Tobachik eruption (1984), Second Cone, Kanchatka, Russia. Scale: See Image.
© Diederik Visser

Paulingite-Ca: (Ca,K,Na,Ba)5[Al10Si35O84]·34(H2O)

Comments: Small cubes of druzy paulingite-Ca on basalt.
Location: Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2x2.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Paulingite-K: (K2,Ca,Na2,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O)

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

Paulingite-Na: (Na2,K2,Ca,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O)

Comments: Druse of colorless dodecahedral paulingite-Na crystals coating vesicles in basalt.
Location: Near Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Paulkellerite: Bi2Fe+++(PO4)O2(OH)2

Comments: SEM photomicrograph of euhedral crystals of paulkellerite (AmMin, v73:870).
Location: Neuhilfe mine, Schneeberg, East Germany. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Paulkerrite: K(Mg,Mn)2(Fe+++,Al)2Ti(PO4)4(OH)3·15(H2O)

Comments: Transparent yellow tabular paulkerrite microcrystal.
Location: Folgosinho, Guarda, Portugal. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Paulmooreite: Pb2As+++2O5

Comments: Scanning electron photomicrograph of paulmooreite. AmMin v64:352.
Location: Langban,Varmland, Sweden. Scale: 150X Magnification.
© American Mineralogist

Pavonite: (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5

Comments: Silvery metallic pavonite masses with brassy pyrite.
Location: Alaska Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pavonite: (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5  
Kitaibelite: Ag10PbBi30S51

Comments: Steel-gray metallic massive pavonite (kitaibelite is discredited as Pb-bearing pavonite).
Location: Near Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Pearceite: [Ag9CuS4] [(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]

Comments: Crystals of metallic pearceite to 0.75 mm scattered in vug.
Location: Sarbaiskoe, Kazakhstan. Scale: 4x3x3 cm.
© Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix

Pecoraite: Ni3Si2O5(OH)4

Comments: Dark green massive pecoraite in matrix.
Location: Nullagin, Western Australia, Australia. Scale: Specimen Size 2x2.5 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)  
Aegirine: NaFe+++Si2O6

Comments: White, cottony pectolite tufts with acicular aegirine.
Location: 3M quarry, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Pectolite: NaCa2Si3O8(OH)  
Sugilite: KNa2(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)2Li3Si12O30

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

Peisleyite: Na3Al16(SO4)2(PO4)10(OH)17·20(H2O)

Comments: Off-white opaque porcelaneous peisleyite mass.
Location: Tom's Phosphate Quarry, near Kapunda, South Australia, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pekoite: PbCuBi11(S,Se)18

Comments: Gray-metallic pekoite disseminated in quartz with chalcopyrite.
Location: Falungruva, Dalarna, Sweden. Scale: Not given.
© Diederik Visser

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Pellouxite: (Cu,Ag)Pb10Sb12S27(Cl,S)0.6O

Comments: Dark metallic pellouxite grains in matrix.
Location: Buca della Vena mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Alpi Apuane, Stazzema, Lucca, Toscana, Italy. Scale: Specimen Size 12x12x7 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy