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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
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