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Palarstanide: Pd8(Sn,As)3 Atokite: (Pd,Pt)3Sn
Comments: Polished Section (PPL) showing light gray euhedral palarstanide (P) surrounded by white atokite (A) in light brownish cubanite (C). Location: Talnakh, Ural, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 0.14 mm. © Thomas Witzke
Palenzonaite: (Ca,Na)3Mn++(V+++++,As+++++,Si)3O12
Comments: Dark reddish-brown palenzonaite. Location: Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Scale: Picture size 4.5 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Palermoite: (Sr,Ca)(Li,Na)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)4
Comments: Less than 1cm, vug with micro crystals of palermoite. Location: Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.5 cm. © John Veevaert
Palladium: Pd,Pt
Comments: Platinum-rich palladium nugget, mounted in epoxy, with one side polished. Location: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Palladoarsenide: Pd2As
Comments: SEM polished section showing hessite (Hes) with merenskyite (Mrk) relics surrounded by palladoarsenide (PdAs). (CanMin, v43:1355). Location: Elatsite porphyry-copper deposit, Bulgaria. Scale: Scale Bar 10 µm. © Canadian Mineralogist
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
Palladseite: Pd17Se15
Comments: Irregular metallic palladseite grain. Location: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Palygorskite: (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4(H2O)
Comments: Compact massive palygorskite. Location: Senton, Devon, England. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Panichiite: (NH4)2SnCl6
Comments: BSE image of octahedral panichiite crystals on alunite. (CanMin, v47:367). Location: La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Scale: See Image. © Canadian Mineralogist
Panunzite: (K,Na)AlSiO4
Comments: Translucent colorless panunzite crystals lining a small cavity in greenish volcanic matrix. Location: Valle de Diablo, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Campania, Italy (Type Locality for Panunzite). Scale: Crystal Size 1-1.5 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals