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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
Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH) Columbite-(Fe): Fe++Nb2O6
Comments: Brown plumbopyrochlore crystal with dark brown ferrocolumbite (columbite-(Fe)). Location: Holdazan, Buregteg, Mongolia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH) Columbite-(Mn): (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6
Comments: Yellow-brown plumbopyrochlore crystalline crust over black manganocolumbite grain. Such plumbopyrochlore-manganocolumbite ovoids with different grade of replacement are very typical for the locality. Location: Amazonite pegmatites of Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH) Fergusonite-(Y): YNbO4
Comments: Brown resinous fergusonite-(Y) (as per communication with Pavel M. Kartashov) with yellowish plumbopyrochlore. Location: Ploskaya Mountain, Keivy Region, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk District, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Plumbotsumite: Pb5Si4O8(OH)10
Comments: Translucent plumbotsumite microcrystals. Location: Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Plumosite: Pb2Sb2S5
Comments: Gray metallic needles of plumosite in brown siderite matrix. Location: Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: Not Given. © Diederik Visser
Podlesnoite: BaCa2(CO3)2F2
Comments: Tabular, prismatic podlesnooite crystals up to 2 mm in radiating groups and clusters with double terminations. Location: Kirovskii Mine, Mt. Kukisvumchorr, Chibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm. © Diederik Visser
Poitevinite: (Cu,Fe++,Zn)SO4·(H2O)
Comments: Pale brown powdery poitevinite mass with pale blue chalcanthite. Location: Bonaparte River, Kamloops District, British Columbia, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Pokrovskite: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·0.5(H2O) Hydromagnesite: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4(H2O)
Comments: Tan spherical pokrovskite on serpentinite rock with white hydromagnesite sprays. Location: KCA Quarry, San Benito County, California, USA. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Poldervaartite: (Ca,Mn++)2SiO3(OH)2
Comments: Moderate reddish tint to yellowish poldervaartite crystalline druze on matrix. Location: N'chwaning II mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, Kuruman, Kalahari desert, South Africa. Scale: 6 x 3.5 x 4 cm. © Fabre Minerals