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Plug

A small offshoot of solid lava from a larger flow

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Pleochroism

The property of a mineral where the colour of grains vary with angle observed

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Plasma

Its own state of matter, apart from gases, solids and liquids with equal amounts of positively and negatively charged particles

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Pyrite

A yellow iron sulphide mineral, FeS2. Referred to as “fool’s gold”

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Porphyry copper

Disseminated copper ore which occurs in fractures and veins in stockwork veins, formed through precipitation of hydrothermal solutions

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Pumice

Pumice is a light-weight, spongy and porous volcanic rock

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Porphyry

An igneous rock mass where which larger crystals , called phenocrysts, are set in a finer grains

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Pulp

Processed solid mineral ore in solution