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Paravauxite: Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)
Comments: Light-green, elongated paravauxite crystals. Location: Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm. © Sandro Maggia/Minernet.it
Comments: Radiating group of pastel blue/green paravauxite crystals to 1cm. Location: Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Scale: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1 cm. © Isaias Casanova / IC Minerals
Paravinogradovite: (Na,[ ])2(Ti,Fe+++)4(Si2O6)2(Si3AlO10)(OH)4·H2O
Comments: Aggregates of parallel tan colored acicular paravinogradovite crystals associated with zircon. Location: Kukisvumchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: See Image. © Rruff Database
Pargasite: NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Edenite: NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2
Comments: Blocky, dark green crystals of visually indistinguishable pargasite and edenite. Location: Kolonne bei, Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka. Scale: 4.5 x 1.7 x 3.7 cm. © Fabre Minerals
Pargasite: NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Comments: Lime green, prismatic crystals of pargasite in matrix. Location: Luc Yen, Vietnam. Scale: 12x10 cm. © Dave Barthelmy
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
Comments: Columnar, hexagonal crystal of orangy brown parisite-(Ce) on matrix. Location: Somewhere near Boyaca, Colombia. Scale: Scale not given. © Diego Rodriguez Acosta
Parkerite: Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 Talnakhite: Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16
Comments: Cut, not polished section showing rounded grains of parkerite (yellow arrow) in 'dactiloscopyc' galena aggregate in talnakhite-chalcopyrite ore. Talnakhite is bronze-violet slightly oxidised grain streaked with golden chalcopyrite. Location: Taimyr (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 4x3 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Parkinsonite: (Pb,Mo,[ ])8O8Cl2
Comments: Prismatic crystals of parkinsonite projecting into cerussite and illustrating {001} cleavage and irregular fracture. Associated mineral is wulfenite. (MinMag, v58:390). Location: Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, in the south west of England. Scale: Scale Bar 250 µm. © Mineralogical Magazine
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
Parsettensite: (K,Na,Ca)(Mn,Al)7Si8O20(OH)8·2(H2O) (?)
Comments: Yellowish brown microcrystals of parsettensite on a crystalline matrix with pyrite and apatite. Location: Foote mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. Scale: Picture size 1 cm. © John Veevaert