PURPURITE MnPO4 (orthorhombic) . bright magenta silky crystalline in matrix . Erongo, Namibia . 磷錳礦硬度4~4.5，無晶形．其特有的紫紅色彩虹光為礦物界中罕見． Occurs as an alternation of lithiophilite∼磷錳鋰礦 in the zone of weathering in granite pegmatites.

經典名礦欣賞．２．３
NO.350