purpurite
Sign in to savePurpurite is a manganese phosphate mineral with the formula MnPO4, with varying amounts of iron depending upon its source. It occurs in color ranges from brownish black via purple and violet to dark red.
Key facts
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Pur
- Mineral.name
- Purpurite
- Mineral.category
- Phosphate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Purpurite - Sandamab Pegmatite, Erongo Region, Namibia 2.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Purpurite from Namibia
- Mineral.formula
- Mn3+PO4
- Mineral.molweight
- 149.91 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 8.AB.10
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnmb
- Mineral.color
- Brownish black, violet, dark pink, dark red, reddish purple
- Mineral.habit
- Massive to granular
- Mineral.cleavage
- [100] [001] perfect
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.mohs
- 4–5
- Mineral.luster
- Earthy
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- Image
- Naturkundemuseum Berlin - Purpurit, Usakos, Erongogebirge, Namibia.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Pur
- chemical formula
- Mn³⁺(PO₄)
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.AB.10
- Commons category
- Purpurite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.AB.10
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/A.02
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Purpurite is a manganese phosphate mineral with the formula MnPO4, with varying amounts of iron depending upon its source. It occurs in color ranges from brownish black via purple and violet to dark red.
Purpurite forms a series with the iron-bearing endmember heterosite, FePO4.
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