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Phuralumite: Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·10(H2O)
Comments: Yellow crystals of phuralumite scattered on white matrix. Location: Kobokobo Pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Kivu, Congo (Zaïre). Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Pitiglianoite: Na6K2Si6Al6O24(SO4)·2(H2O)
Comments: Colorless, prismatic crystals of pitiglianoite. Location: Monte Cavallucio, Sacrofano, Campagnano, Lazio, Italy. Scale: Picture size 2.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Pitticite: Hydrous ferric arsenate sulfate (Fe, AsO4, SO4, H2O)
Comments: Dark brown to orange-brown massive Pitticite. Location: Graul, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 6 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Plumbojarosite: PbFe+++6(SO4)4(OH)12 Galena: PbS
Comments: Yellow, earthy plumbojarosite on massive, gray galena. Location: Quarry No 3, Königshain, Oberlausitz, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 4 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Plumbopalladinite: Pd3Pb2 Valleriite: 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2 Cubanite: CuFe2S3 Pentlandite: (Fe,Ni)9S8
Comments: Polished Section image (PPL) of plumbopalladinite (Pl) with polarite Po), surrounded by a rim of isoferroplatinum (Iso) with cubanite (Cu), pentlandite (Pe), and valleriite (Va). Location: Majak Mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.7 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Polydymite: NiNi2S4
Comments: Octahedral crystals of polydymite on matrix. Location: Grüneau Mine (Grüne Au Mine; Grünau Mine), Schutzbach, Betzdorf, Siegen District (W), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Polyhalite: K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2(H2O)
Comments: White crystals of polyhalite in matrix. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Ponomarevite: K4Cu++4OCl10
Comments: Orange ponomarevite. The sample stored in a closed vial. The photo was made through the vial. Location: Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Poughite: Fe+++2(TeO3)2(SO4)·3(H2O)
Comments: Yellow coatings of poughite on matrix. Location: Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Picture size 3 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Preisingerite: Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH)
Comments: Olive-greenish crystals of preisingerite on quartz. Location: Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag