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P Mineral Index (418 Count)
This alphabetical listing of P minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names,
pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.
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Philipsbornite PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) Approved IMA 1982NAME ORIGIN: Named for Helut von Philipsborn (1892-1983), Mineralogist, University of Bonn, Germany.
Philipsburgite (Cu,Zn)6(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6·(H2O) Approved IMA 1985NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Black Pine mine, Flink Creek Valley, John Long Mountains, 14.5 km west of Philipsburg, Montana, USA.
Phillipsite - See Phillipsite-Na
Phillipsite-Ca (Ca,K,Na)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. The Ca-dominant member of the phillipsite series.
Phillipsite-K (K,Na,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. The K-dominant member of the phillipsite series.
Phillipsite-Na (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological Society of London. Na modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee.
Philolithite Pb12O6Mn(Mg,Mn)2(Mn,Mg)4(SO4)(CO3)4Cl4(OH)12 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: The name is from the Greek philos (=loving) and lithos (=stone) in honor of the Friends of Mineralogy.
Phlogopite KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek flogopos - "resembling fire."
Phlogopite-Na - See AspidoliteREMARKS: Renamed to Aspidolite - NOMENCLATURE OF THE MICAS, The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 36, pp. 90s-912 (1998)
Phoenicochroite Pb2(CrO4)O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "deep red" and "color", in allusion to the color
Phosgenite Pb2(CO3)Cl2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition phosgene (COCl2), as the mineral contains this compound.
Phosinaite-(Ce) Na13Ca2Ce[Si4O12](PO4)4 Approved IMA 1975 ( Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: For PHOsphorus, SIlicon, and sodium, NAtrium, in the composition.
Phosphammite (NH4)2HPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870NAME ORIGIN: Named as a PHOSPHate of AMMonium.
Phosphate-walpurgite - See Walpurgite
Phosphoellenbergerite Mg14(PO4)6(PO3OH,CO3)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analogue of ellenbergerite.
Phosphoferrite (Fe++,Mn)3(PO4)2·3(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1926NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositoin, PHOSPHate and FERRous Iron.
Phosphofibrite KCuFe+++15(PO4)12(OH)12·12(H2O) Approved IMA 1984NAME ORIGIN: Named for phosphorus in the composition and its characteristic fibrous habit.
Phosphogartrellite PbCuFe+++(PO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship with gartrellite.
Phosphohedyphane Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analog of hedyphane.
Phosphoinnelite Ba4Na3Ti3Si4O14(PO4,SO4)2(O,F)3 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as the P analog of innelite.
Phosphomimetite - See Pyromorphite
Phosphophyllite Zn2(Fe++,Mn)(PO4)2·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition containing phosphorus and the Greek fyllon - meaning "leaf."
Phosphorrosslerite Mg(PO3OH)·7(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate analog of rosslerite.
Phosphosiderite Fe+++PO4·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition, PHOSPHrous and SIDERos, Iron..
Phosphovanadylite (Ba,Ca,K,Na)x[(V,Al)4P2(O,OH)16]·12(H2O) x~0.66 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of phosphate and the vanadyl (V++++O2)-- group.
Phosphowalpurgite (UO2)Bi4(PO4)O4·2(H2O) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as the phosphate (PO4---) analogue of walpurgite.
Phosphuranylite KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composititon, PHOSPHorus, and URANYL, U4+.
Phthalimide - See Kladnoite
Phuralumite Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·10(H2O) Approved IMA 1979NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition of PHosphate, URanium, and ALUMinum.
Phurcalite Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7(H2O) Approved IMA 1978NAME ORIGIN: Named for PHosphorus, URanium, and CALcium in the composition.
Phyllotungstite CaFe+++3H(WO4)6·10(H2O) Approved IMA 1984NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystal habit and composition.
Pianlinite - See KaoliniteREMARKS: Disordered kaolinite
Picene - See Idrialite
Pickeringite MgAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1844NAME ORIGIN: Named after J. Pickering (1777-1846).
Picotpaulite TlFe2S3 Approved IMA 1970NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Picot (1931-), French mineralogist.
Picroilmenite - See IlmeniteREMARKS: Mg-rich ilmenite
Picromerite K2Mg(SO4)2·6(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "bitter" and "part" in allusion to the magnesium content which makes this water-soluble salt bitter to the taste.
Picropharmacolite Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819NAME ORIGIN: Named for its magnesia content and the similarity to pharmacolite.
Picrosmine - See Antigorite
Piedmontite - See Piemontite
Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 - Dana number changed from 58.2.1a.11NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Piedmont, Italy.
Piemontite-(Sr) (Ca,Mn++)(Sr,Ca)Mn+++(Al,Mn+++,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Approved IMA 1990 - Dana # changed from 58.2.1a.12NAME ORIGIN: From its strontium content and similarity to piemontite.
Piergorite-(Ce) Ca8Ce2(Al0.5 Fe+++0.5)([ ],Li,Be)2Si6B8O36(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as an acronym from the names of two Italian collectors that have provided us with the sample in study: Giancarlo PIERini and Pietro GORini.
Pierrotite Tl2Sb6As4S16 Approved IMA 1970NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roland Pierrot (1930-), French mineralogist.
Pigeonite (Mg,Fe++,Ca)(Mg,Fe++)Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pigeon Point, Cook Co., Minnesota
Pillaite Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848), Italian Earth scientist.
Pilsenite Bi4Te3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Deutsch Pilsen ( Nagybörzsöny), Hungary
Pimelite Ni3Si4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek word for "fat", in allusion to the mineral's appearance.
Pimelite - See WillemseiteREMARKS: (Mg, H20) bearing willemseite
Pinakiolite Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "small tablet", in allusion to the morphology.
Pinalite Pb3(WO4)OCl2 Approved IMA 1989NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mammoth mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA.
Pinchite Hg++5O4Cl2 Approved IMA 1974NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Wallace Pinch (1940- ), American mineral collector of Rochester, New York, USA, who first noted the species.
Pingguite Bi+++6Te++++2O13 Approved IMA 1994NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: At Yangjiava, Pinggu County, near Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Pinnoite MgB2O4·3(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884NAME ORIGIN: Named for chief councilor of Mines, Pinno, of Halle, Germany.
Pintadoite Ca2V2O7·9(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Canyon Pintado, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA.
Piotine - See Saponite
Piretite Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4-4(H2O) Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Paul Piret (1932- ), Professor of Crystallography, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Pirquitasite Ag2ZnSnS4 Approved IMA 1980NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pirquitas deposit, Rinconada department, Jujuy province, Argentina
Pirssonite Na2Ca(CO3)2·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Valentine Pirsson (1860-1919), American petrographer and mineralogist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Pistacite - See EpidoteREMARKS: Pistachio green epidote
Pistanite (copper bearing) - See Melanterite
Pitiglianoite Na6K2Si6Al6O24(SO4)·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1991NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Casa Collina, Ptigliano, Tuscany, Italy.
Pitticite Hydrous ferric arsenate sulfate (Fe, AsO4, SO4, H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "pitch", for its typical resinous appearance.
Pittongite Na0.22[(W,Fe+++)(O,OH)3·0.44H2O Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named for the former village of Pittong near the deposit.
Piypite K2Cu2(SO4)2O Approved IMA 1984NAME ORIGIN: Named for Boris I. Piyp (1906-1966), Russian geologist and director, Institute of Volcanology, Petropoavlovsk-Kamchatskii.
Pizgrischite (Cu,Fe)Cu14PbBi17S35 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Piz Grisch Mountain, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland.
Placodine - See Maucherite
Plagioclase (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 Not Approved IMANAME ORIGIN: From the Greek plagios - "oblique" and klao - "I cleave" in allusion to the obtuse cleavage angles of the good cleavages.
Plagionite Pb5Sb8S17 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, plagios meaning "oblique."
Plancheite Cu8Si8O22(OH)4·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908NAME ORIGIN: Named after J. Planche who brought it from Africa.
Planerite Al6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1862NAME ORIGIN: Named for D. I. Planer, director of mines, Gumeshevsk, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Planoferrite - See Hydroniumjarosite
Plaster of Paris - See Bassanite
Platarsite (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS Approved IMA 1977NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, PLATinum and ARSenic.
Platiniridium - See Iridium
Platinum Pt Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1748NAME ORIGIN: Spanish, platina = "silver."
Plattnerite PbO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German metallurgist, K. F. Plattner (1800-1858).
Platynite (Bi,Pb)3(Se,S)4 Discredited IMA 1999 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1910 from the Greek "to broaden", in allusion to its platy habit.
Playfairite Pb16Sb18S43 Approved IMA 1967NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Playfair (1748-1819), Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Plazolite - See Hibschite
Pleonaste - See Magnesioferrite
Plessite - See KamaciteREMARKS: Taenite and Kamacite
Plessite - See TaeniteREMARKS: Taenite and Kamacite
Plimerite ZnFe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Plombierite Ca5H2Si6O18·6H2O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1858NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. Redefined in 1954. LOCALITY: Plombiees, Vosges, France.
Plumalsite Pb4Al2(SiO3)7 (?) Not Approved IMA 1968NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Pb, Al, Si).
Plumbago - See Graphite
Plumboagardite (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added)NAME ORIGIN: Named as Pb (plumbo) analogue of agardite.
Plumbobetafite (Pb,U,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH,F) Approved IMA 1969NAME ORIGIN: Named for the lead (PLUMBium), and other betafite minerals.
Plumboferrite Pb2Fe+++(11-x)Mn++xO19-2x (x=1/3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1881NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin (PLUMum) for lead and FERROus iron in the composition.
Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition: plumbum - "lead" and gummi - "indian rubber."
Plumbojarosite PbFe+++6(SO4)4(OH)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1902NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition (a variety of jarosite with Pb replacing K).
Plumbomicrolite (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH) Approved IMA 1977NAME ORIGIN: Named for lead, "PLUMBum" and its relationship to microlite.
Plumbonacrite Pb10(CO3)6O(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889NAME ORIGIN: Named in for its composition and luster.
Plumbopalladinite Pd3Pb2 Approved IMA 1970NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
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