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Palladodymite: (Pd,Rh)2As Hongshiite: PtCu Ruthenium: (Ru,Ir,Os)
Comments: Palladodymite (light gray, in two small grains), hongshiite (pale creamy grayish, tarnished brownish) in massive ruthenium. Polished section (from microprobe analysis) in reflected light. Location: Miass River, Zlatoust, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Urals Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 0.09 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Paradocrasite: Sb2(Sb,As)2
Comments: Metallic white columnar aggregates of paradocrasite. Location: Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Pararealgar: AsS
Comments: Orange pararealgar on matrix. Location: Hänichen, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Paratellurite: TeO2
Comments: Light yellow crystals of paratellurite in quartz. Location: Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Parisite-(Ce): Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Comments: Brown crystals of parisite-(Ce) in matrix. Location: Narssarssuk, Igaliko, Greenland. Scale: Picture size 7 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Parnauite: Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7(H2O)
Comments: Green tabular crystals of parnauite. Location: Graul, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Pentahydrite: MgSO4·5(H2O)
Comments: White, powdery pentahydrite. Location: Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein area, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Periclase: MgO
Comments: Green nickel-rich periclase on matrix. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
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
Phoenicochroite: Pb2(CrO4)O
Comments: Deep red phoenicochroite with crocoite in matrix. Location: Callenberg North (no. 1) open cut, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag