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Plimerite: ZnFe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5
Comments: Light olive green to dark green hemispheres and crusts of plimerite. From Author's study material. Location: Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co, New South Wales, Australia. Scale: Size: Miniature. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Plumbophyllite: Pb2Si4O10·H2O
Comments: Light blue, compact, radial, thin platy crystals of plumbophyllite in matrix. Location: Blue Bell Claims, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Scale: Overall: 5 x 4.5 x 5 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Polybasite: [Ag9CuS4] [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]
Comments: Cyclic-twinned polybasite grain embedded in matrix.. Location: The Zaca mine, Alpine Co., California, USA. Scale: Grainsize .75 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Potassiccarpholite: (K,Na,[ ])(Li,Mn++)2Al)4Si4O12(OH)4(F,OH)4
Comments: Tan prismatic crystal sprays of potassic-carpholite to about 2mm in matrix. Location: Sawtooth Batholith, near Centerville, Boise Co., Idaho, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Pumpellyite-(Mg): Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)
Comments: Greenish, flattened, prismatic crystals of pumpellyite-(Mg) ? to 3mm. Location: Deere Island, Novato, Marin Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Pyroaurite: Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Comments: Golden yellow platy crystals of pyroaurite to 1mm on matrix. Location: Langban mine, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Comments: Green, hexagonal plates of pyroaurite in quartz. Location: Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Pyrosmalite-(Mn): (Mn,Fe++)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10
Comments: Hexagonal, light brown crystals of manganpyrosmalite. Location: Nordmark, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1.5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Pyrostilpnite: Ag3SbS3
Comments: Deep bright-red, acicular crystals of pyrostilpnite to 1mm in vuggy sulfide matrix. Location: Cerro Rico, Potosi City, Potosi Dept., Bolivia. Scale: Picture size 5 mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Quenselite: PbMn+++O2(OH)
Comments: Jet black tabular crystals of quenselite, some striated on matrix. Location: Langban, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1.75mm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix