Mineral Specimen Images (P)

Petterdite: PbCr+++2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O

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.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Petterdite: PbCr+++2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O

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.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Petzite: Ag3AuTe2  
Gold: Au

Comments: Dark, stubby petzite crystals with native gold on quartz.
Location: Rosia Montana (Verespatak), Transylvania, Romania. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Pezzottaite: Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18

Comments: Hot-pink, hexagonal, floater crystal of pezzottaite.
Location: Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Antsirabe, Madagascar. Scale: Crystal size 1.6x1.2x0.6 cm.
© Fabre Minerals

Pharmacolite: CaHAsO4·2(H2O)

Comments: Pink, fuzzy ball of pharmacolite crystals on matrix.
Location: Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Pharmacolite: CaHAsO4·2(H2O)  
Haidingerite: Ca(AsO3OH)·(H2O)

Comments: Translucent colorless crystalline spherical aggregate of haidingerite with white pharmacolite.
Location: Jachymov, Zapadocesky, Czech Republic. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Pharmacosiderite: KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7(H2O)  
Arthurite: CuFe+++2(AsO4,PO4,SO4)2(O,OH)2·4(H2O)

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

Pharmacosiderite: KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7(H2O)

Comments: Translucent yellow-brown cubic Pharmacosiderite crystals.
Location: Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Cornwall, England. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Phaunouxite: Ca3(AsO4)·11(H2O)

Comments: Aggregate of transparent colorless acicular phaunouxite microcrystals.
Location: Grube Gabe Gottes, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, Haute-Rhin, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Phenakite: Be2SiO4

Comments: Prismatic, terminated crystal of phenakite on matrix.
Location: Mt Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Philipsbornite: PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·(H2O)

Comments: Greenish-yellow philipsbornite botryoidal crust.
Location: Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Philipsburgite: (Cu,Zn)6(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6·(H2O)

Comments: Green botryoidal micro crystals of philipsburgite.
Location: Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
© John Veevaert

Phillipsite-Ca: (Ca,K,Na)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)

Comments: White, stout-prismatic phillipsite-Ca crystals in vugs in basalt.
Location: Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, USA. Scale: Specimen Size 2x2 cm.
© Diederik Visser

Phillipsite-K: (K,Na,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)

Comments: Clear crystalline ball of phillipsite-K crystals.
Location: Bova, Calabria, Italy. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Phillipsite-Na: (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)

Comments: Phillipsite, variety wellsite, crystals on matrix.
Location: Near Ronca, Verona, Veneto, Italy. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Phillipsite-Na: (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O)  
Tacharanite: Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36

Comments: Spherical tacharanite aggregates on phillipsite crystals.
Location: Espalion, Aveyron, France. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Philolithite: Pb12O6Mn(Mg,Mn)2(Mn,Mg)4(SO4)(CO3)4Cl4(OH)12

Comments: Dark green mass of philolithite.
Location: Langban, Värmland, Sweden. Scale: Specimen Size 7x5x3 mm.
© Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy

Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2

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.
© Fabre Minerals

Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2  
Serendibite: Ca2(Mg,Al)6(Si,Al,B)6O20

Comments: Blue serendibite, with golden colored phlogopite, in white marble.
Location: Near Johnsberg, Warren County, New York, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Phlogopite: KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2  
Lazurite: Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S

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.
© Kevin Ward