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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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Partzite   Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1867 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. F. W. Partz, who discovered the mineral. Parvo-mangano-edenite    Na(CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Parvo-manganotremolite   [ ](CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Parvowinchite   Na(NaMn++)(Mg4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Renamed IMA 1997 as the Mn analog of cummintonite, Formerly Tirodite which was named after its locality. LOCALITY: Tirodi, Madhya Pradesh, India. Parwanite   (Na,K)(Mg,Ca)4Al8(PO4)8(CO3)(OH)7·30H2O Proposed IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Parwan lava cave, 45 km WNW of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Parwelite   (Mn,Mg)5Sb(As,Si)2O12 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander Parwel, Swedish chemist, Swedish National History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Pasavaite  Pd3Pb2Te2 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Pasava, in recognition of his important contributions to the geochemistry of platinum-group elements in anoxic environments and related ore deposits. Pascoite    Ca3V10O28·17(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Minasragra, Pasco Province, Peru. Patronite    VS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antenor Rizo-Patron, Peruvian engineer, discoverer of the Peruvian occurrence. Pattersonite  PbFe3(PO4)2(OH)4(H2O,OH)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Lindo Patterson (1902-1966), a crystallographer who developed a method employing a Fourier series to generate a three-dimensional function, the now well-known "Patterson function" in crystal-structure determination. Pauflerite   VO(SO4) Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter Paufler (b. 1940), of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Paulingite - See Paulingite-K Paulingite-Ca     (Ca,K,Na,Ba)5[Al10Si35O84]·34(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Paulingite-K    (K2,Ca,Na2,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O) Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. K modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. Paulingite-Na    (Na2,K2,Ca,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Named as the Na-dominant member ot the paulingite series. Paulkellerite    Bi2Fe+++(PO4)O2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Keller (1940- ), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. Paulkerrite    K(Mg,Mn)2(Fe+++,Al)2Ti(PO4)4(OH)3·15(H2O) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Paul Francis Kerr (1897-1981), Professor of Mineralogy, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. Paulmooreite    Pb2As+++2O5 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Paul Brian Moore (1940- ), American mineralogist and structural crystallographer, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Pautovite   CsFe2S3 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Leonid Anatol'evich Pautov, a Russian mineralogist affiliated with the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Pavonite    (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "pavo", peacock, which honored Professor Martin Alfred Peacock (1898-1950), a Canadian mineralogist. Paxite  CuAs2 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "pax" for peace. PDF 20-1390 - See Winchite PDF38-0686 - See Heklaite Pearceite     [Ag9CuS4] [(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American chemist, R. Pearce (1837-1927). Pearceite-M2a2b2c - See Arsenpolybasite REMARKS: Suggested nomenclature from AmMin v92:918 Pearceite-T2ac - See Arsenpolybasite REMARKS: Suggested nomenclature from AmMin v92:918 Pearceite-Tac - See Pearceite REMARKS: Suggested nomenclature from AmMin v92:918 Pecoraite   Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Thomas Pecora (1913-1972), Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, geologist and student of nickel silicate deposits. Pectolite    NaCa2Si3O8(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1828 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pektos - "compacted" and lithos - "stone." Pehrmanite - See Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S Peisleyite   Na3Al16(SO4)2(PO4)10(OH)17·20(H2O) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vincent Peisley (1941-), Australian mineral collector who found the mineral. Pekoite    PbCuBi11(S,Se)18 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: Peko mine, Tennant Creek, Australia. Pekovite   SrB2Si2O8 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor Viktorovich Pekov (1967-), Russian mineralogist and alkaline rock expert. Pellouxite   (Cu,Ag)Pb10Sb12S27(Cl,S)0.6O Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alberto Pelloux (1868-1948), curator of the mineralogical Museum at the University of Genova. Pellyite    Ba2Ca(Fe++,Mg)2Si6O17 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pelly and Ross River, Yukon Territories, Canada. Pendletonite - See Karpatite Penfieldite     Pb2Cl3(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1892 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel L. Penfield (1856-1905), American mineralogist and mineral chemist. Pengzhizhongite-24R - See Magnesionigerite-6N6S Pengzhizhongite-6H - See Magnesionigerite-2N1S Pengzhizhongite-6T - See Magnesionigerite-2N1S Penikisite   BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunar Penikis (1936-1979), who discovered the locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek (Cross Cut Creek), Big fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada. Penkvilksite    Na4(Ti++++,Zr)2[Si8O22]·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Lapp "penk" and "vilkis", white and curly in allusion to its appearance. Pennantite   Mn5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), Welsh naturalist. Pennine - See Clinochlore Penobsquisite    Ca2Fe++[B9O13(OH)6]Cl·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (New Brunswick Division) mine at Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Penroseite    (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1926 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Jr. (1863-1931), American economic geologist, of Philaelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Pentagonite     Ca(VO)Si4O10·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, penta, "five" and angle in allusion to the fiveling twins common in this species. Pentahydrite    MgSO4·5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, penta, "five" and hydros "water" in allusion to the 5 water molecules in the formula. Pentahydroborite    CaB2O(OH)6·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Pentlandite    (Fe,Ni)9S8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1856 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Irish natural historian, J. B. Pentland (1797-1873). Penwithite - See Neotocite Penzhinite  (Ag,Cu)4Au(S,Se)4 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Penzhina River, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Peprossiite-(Ce)    (Ce,La)(Al3O)2/3B4O10 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe "PEP" = Rossi (1938-1990), Italian crystallographer and mineralogist. Percleveite-(Ce)   (Ce,La,Nd)2Si2O7 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905), discoverer of Holmium (Ho) and Thulium (Tm). Percylite - See Boleite Percylite - See Pseudoboleite Peretaite    CaSb+++4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pereta, Tuscany, Italy. Perhamite    Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank C. Perham (1934-), U.S. Geologist and pegmatite miner. Periclase    MgO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1840 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek peri - "around" and klao - "to cut." Peridot - See Forsterite Peridot - See Olivine Perite    PbBiO2Cl Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Per Adolf Geijer (1886-1976), Swedish economic geologist with the Geological Survey of Sweden. Perlialite     K8Tl4Al12Si24O72·20(H2O) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lily Alekseevna Perekrest, teacher of mineralogy at the Kirovsk Mining Technical School Perloffite   Ba(Mn,Fe++)2Fe+++2(PO4)3(OH)3 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Perloff (1907-), American lawyer and collector of microscopic minerals. Permanganogrunerite  [ ]Mn4(Fe++)3(Si8O22)(OH)2 Proposed IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Dashkensanite (1936) was revalidated and renamed 2005. Permingeatite  Cu3SbSe4 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Permingeat (1917-1988), mineralogist, University of Toulouse, France. Perofskite - See Perovskite Perovskite     CaTiO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856). Perraultite     (Na,Ca)2(Ba,K)2(Mn++,Fe++)8(Ti,Nb)4Si8O32(OH,F,O)6 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guy Perault (1937-) of Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada. Perrierite-(Ce)     (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carlo Perier (1886-1948), Italian mineralogist. Perroudite    Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Perroud, Professor at Voltaire College, Geneva, Switzerland, for his work on Cap-Garonne minerals. Perryite    (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stuart Hoffman Perry (1874-1957), American newspaperman and leading private collector of meteorites, Pertlikite    K2(Fe++,Mg)2(Mg,Fe+++)4Fe+++2Al(SO4)12·18H2O Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz Pertlik, Professor of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Vienna, Austria. Pertsevite   Mg2(BO3)F Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: After Nikolai Nikolayewich Pertsev (b. 1930), IGEM, Moscow, in recognition of his work on boron minerals and deposits. Petalite    LiAlSi4O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek petalon - "leaf" in allusion to the perfect basal cleavage. Petarasite    Na5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter Tarasoff, amateur mineralogist, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada. Petedunnite    Ca(Zn,Mn++,Fe++,Mg)Si2O6 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pete J. Dunn, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., USA. Peterbaylissite  Hg+3(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Peter Bayliss, Prof. emeritus of Mineralogy, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Petersenite-(Ce)     (Na,Ca)4(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)5 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ole Valdemar Petersen (1939-), Curator, Geology Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. Petersite-(Y)    (Y,Ce,Nd,Ca)Cu6(PO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas A. Peters (1947-) and Joseph Peters (1951-), curators of minerals at the Paterson, New Jersey museum and the American Museum of Natural History, New York, respectively. Petewilliamsite   (Ni,Co,Cu)30(As2O7)15 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter (Pete) Allan Williams (b. 1950), Professor, Minerals and Materials Group, School of Science, Food and Horticulture, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, New South Wales, Australia. Petitjeanite  Bi+++3(PO4)2O(OH) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Klaus Petitjean, amateur mineral collector who has discovered several new species in the Reichenbach, Germany district. Petrovicite  PbHgCu3BiSe5 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Petrovice deposit, Czech Republic. Petrovskaite  AuAg(S,Se) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nina Petrovskaya (1910-), Russian mineralogist. Petrukite  (Cu,Fe,Zn)2(Sn,In)S4 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Petruk (1930-), Canadian mineralogist. Petscheckite   U++++Fe++(Nb,Ta)2O8 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eckhard Petsch (1939-), of Idar-Oberstein, Germany, who was a noteworthy prospector in Madagascar. Petterdite  PbCr+++2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for amateur mineralogist William Frederick Petterd (1849-1910), an amateur collector who published several significant catalogues on the mineralogy of Tasmania. Petzite    Ag3AuTe2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the chemist, W. Petz. Pezzottaite   Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federico Pezzotta of the Museo Civico, Milano, Italy for his work on the granitic pegmatites of Madagascar. Phacellite - See Kaliophilite Pharmacolite     CaHAsO4·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, farmakon, "poison" and lithos, "stone." Pharmacosiderite      KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, farmakon for "poison" and sideros for "iron." Phaunouxite    Ca3(AsO4)·11(H2O) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named from Phaunoux, the French name for the Rauenthal Valley, France, within which the mineral was first found. Phenakite     Be2SiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek phenakos - "deceiver", in allusion to its similarity to quartz when colorless. Phenenthrene - See Ravatite P Mineral Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]