List of Minerals Named After People - P

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  • Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4(H2O) – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé (1928–2006)
  • Paulscherrerite: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
  • Penikisite: BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis (1936–1979)
  • Perhamite: Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner Frank C. Perham (born 1934)
  • Perovskite: CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
  • Petzite (1845): Ag3AuTe2 – chemist W. Petz
  • Pezzottaite: Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
  • Phillipsite: (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
  • Prehnite: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
  • Proustite: Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)

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