Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Eosphorite is a pink manganese hydrous phosphate mineral with chemical formula: MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O.Eosphorite crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. It forms slender prismatic crystals which often form radiating or spherical clusters. The crystals often show pseudo–orthorhombic forms due to twinning.Eosphorite forms a series with childrenite the iron rich member with divalent iron replacing most of the manganese in the crystal lattice.
