No stones starts with this character "P"
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Palm Wood Jasper | PWJ | Palm Wood Jasper formed when a tree died and was buried by sediments. Minerals in the groundwater permeated the wood, replacing the original organic matter and turning the wood to stone. The main mineral is silica, but trace elements in the silica impart a variety of colors to the Palm Wood Jasper. This stone is actually a fossil, the name refers to the structure of the wood resembles that of modern palms, although it may or may not be closely related to them. This wood is the petrified remains of trees that grew on the Gulf Coastal Plain during the Oligocene Epoch, around 30 million years ago. At that time the shore of the Gulf of Mexico was further north than it is now so the wood is usually found in the more northern areas of the state, particularly the Toledo Bend area. These deposits also extend into Louisiana and Mississippi. Of all the petrified wood found in Texas, petrified palmwood Jasper is the most common. For a lovely article with more, go here. Tree trunks were buried under several hundred yards of sediment. Over the course of time, the Palm Wood Jasper was replaced by cryptocrystalline quartz largely chalcedony and jasper. During the replacement process by silica carried in underground waters even the most minute details of the woody structure were preserved. This is actually a pseudomorph chalcedony that replaces the palm wood Jasper. Therefore Palm Wood Jasper is actually a member of the chalcedony family with a hardness of 6 to 7. | View |
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Pappy Jasper | PJP | Pappy Jasper exhibits stones of brick red mingling with shades of brown or black. These beautiful gemstones also often show shades of golden yellows cream or white in a single bead. Poppy Jasper is found in two places Spain and the Morgan Hill area of California. Poppy jasper is believed by some to both protect from nightmares and aid in the recollection of dreams. Some believe that as with all forms of jasper pappy jasper has the power to end a drought whether it is a mental drought-like writer block or a fear of failure that holds you back from taking creative chances. Some spiritualists also think that pappy jasper can strengthen the mind against depression and negative thoughts while inspiring a positive attitude and increasing self-confidence. In addition, some believe pappy jasper will increase independence while helping to avoid mental and physical domination from others. | View |
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Peach Moonstone | PCH | View | |
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Peanut Wood | PWO | Peanut wood Jasper is petrified wood, generally of black color with numerous borings, which were made by a marine wood-boring bivalve, Teredo. This petrified wood was called peanut wood by the first people who found it because they obviously thought that the light-colored areas resembled peanuts. These light-colored areas are what used to be boreholes in the original wood. Before the wood was petrified, it was washed into the ocean as driftwood. It was then attacked by small marine shellfish called "Teredo" ...another name for these little clams is "shipworm". They bore a small tunnel into the wood and eventually, the entire piece can be riddled with boreholes. When the wood became waterlogged, it then sank to the bottom of the ocean and settled into the mud. The boreholes then filled with the light-colored sediment and then began to petrify. It is found along the edges of the Kennedy Ranges about 100 miles inland from the coastal town of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The age is Cretaceous which makes it around 70 million years old. | View |
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Pearl | PRL | Pearl is a smooth, hard, lustrous spherical mass, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusk. It is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. Pearl comes in perfect round or oval shapes and in free form also. MEANING: Pearl is a synonym of ‘Precious’ due to historically its rare availability. COLOR: It is mostly available in white, pale white, or cream-colors, though darker blue, gray, black variations exist. It is naturally nacreous and iridescent. SOURCE: The leading cultured pearl-producing countries in the world are Japan, China, Tahiti, Australia, the U.S., and the Persian Gulf. Cultured Pearl predominantly comes from the South China Sea and freshwater farms in China. BIRTHSTONE: Pearl is a traditional birthstone for the month of June and a great gift for the 1st, 12th, and 30th Wedding Anniversary. METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Pearl is the gemstone of the planet Moon, giving a calm and soothing effect to its wearers. It brings happiness, wisdom, wealth, prosperity, youth, beauty and health, healing, and saves from misfortune. MYTH: It is said that Cleopatra served wine with ground pearls to her most honored guests. Treatment: Pearl is bleached and dyed for achieving uniform and variant colors. | View |
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Pectin Abstrace | PES | View | |
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Penny | PNY | View | |
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Peridot | PRD | View | |
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Peru Opal | PPL | View | |
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Peruvian Opal | PVO | View |