Heterosite Visible Spectra (380 - 1500 nm)

Heterosite, (Fe3+,Mn3+)PO4, is an iron-manganese phosphate mineral which forms as a product of weathering in phosphate pegmatites.  The purple color comes from Mn3+.

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