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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
Pentahydroborite: CaB2O(OH)6·2(H2O)
Comments: Transparent, tabular crystal of pentahydroborite on massive material. Location: Fuka Mine, Bicchu Town, Kawakama Co., Okayama Pref., Japan. Scale: Crystal size 0.8 cm. © John Veevaert
Pentlandite: (Fe,Ni)9S8
Comments: Ore sample of a mixture of several sulfide minerals: pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. Location: Frood-Stobie Mine, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. Scale: 20x15x7 mm. © John Betts - Fine Minerals
Peprossiite-(Ce): (Ce,La)(Al3O)2/3B4O10
Comments: Yellow grains of peprossiite-(Ce) on matrix. Location: Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Lazio, Italy. Scale: Specimen Size 11x4x4 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Peretaite: CaSb+++4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2(H2O)
Comments: Clear, tabular, bladed, stellate spray of transparent peretaite crystals. Location: Pereta mine, Scansano, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Perhamite: Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O)
Comments: Squat, columnar perhamite crystals on matrix. Location: Emmons quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA. Scale: Not Given. © Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
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
Periclase: MgO Srebrodolskite: Ca2Fe+++2O5
Comments: Black grains of srebrodolskite with white periclase. Location: Ronneburg U deposit, Gera district, Thuringia, Germany. Scale: Picture size 2 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Perite: PbBiO2Cl
Comments: Pale yellow scaly crystalline perite on quartz. Location: Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Perlialite: K8Tl4Al12Si24O72·20(H2O)
Comments: Opaque white fibrous perlialite coating on syenite rock. Location: Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species