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  • Mineral Type - Purpurite

Mineral Type - Purpurite

Formula: (Mn3+,Fe3+)PO4

Purpurite forms by leaching of Li out of its site leaving a vacancy and by oxidation of divalent Mn.

Colour: Dark purple to purplish red.

Lustre: Dull, Earthy

Hardness: 4 - 4½

Specific Gravity: 3.2 - 3.4

Crystal System: Orthorhombic

Name: Named in 1905 by Louis C. Graton and Waldemar T. Schaller from the Latin "purpura" in allusion to its colour.

Type Locality: ⓘFaires Mine, Kings Mountain, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA


Purpurite is the trivalent Mn-dominant, Li-deficient oxidation product of lithiophilite. The species of the Heterosite-Purpurite Series are secondary minerals formed by oxidation of iron and or manganese with the simultaneous leaching of lithium, primarily from their respective parent species, lithiophilite and triphylite. Intermediate alteration products are part of a continuous process of alteration: Ferrisicklerite and Sicklerite, are intermediate between unoxidized and unleached end-members and the completely leached and appropriately oxidized end-products, but may not be valid species. The Mn:Fe value has not been observed to vary much from the primary lithiophilite to the secondary purpurite.
Natural Small Purpurite Metallic Purple Beauties - sold per 1 kg  from Uis, Namibia

Natural Small Purpurite Metallic Purple Beauties - sold per 1 kg from Uis, Namibia

R 320.00 ZAR
* BULK OFFER: 10 - 100 Kg Batch of Natural Rare Small to Medium Sized Purpurite Specimens from Uis, Namibia

* BULK OFFER: 10 - 100 Kg Batch of Natural Rare Small to Medium Sized Purpurite Specimens from Uis, Namibia

From R 3,000.00 ZAR
Natural  Extra Large Purple Purpurite In Matrix Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Extra Large Purple Purpurite In Matrix Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 851.00 ZAR
Natural Extra Large Solid 95% Purple Metallic Sheen Purpurite Specimen x 1  from Erongo, Namibia

Natural Extra Large Solid 95% Purple Metallic Sheen Purpurite Specimen x 1 from Erongo, Namibia

R 744.00 ZAR
Natural Medium to Large Purpurite Purple Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Medium to Large Purpurite Purple Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 668.00 ZAR
Natural Metallic Purple Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Metallic Purple Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 718.00 ZAR
Natural Metallic Purple Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Metallic Purple Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 628.00 ZAR
Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 36 From Namibia

Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 36 From Namibia

R 966.00 ZAR
Natural Medium Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 12 From Namibia

Natural Medium Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 12 From Namibia

R 886.00 ZAR
Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

R 773.00 ZAR
Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 36 From Namibia

Natural Small Purple Rough Purpurite Specimens x 36 From Namibia

R 799.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 802.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 799.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 656.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 24 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 24 From Namibia

R 1,290.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 628.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 744.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 802.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 721.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

R 831.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 35 From Namibia

R 914.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 24 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 24 From Namibia

R 852.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 925.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 780.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 699.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 6 From Namibia

R 644.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 3 From Namibia

R 821.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 853.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 914.00 ZAR
Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

Natural Manganese Phosphate With Heterosite/Metallic Purple In Black-Brown Ferro Manganese Matrix Purpurite Specimens x 2 From Namibia

R 927.00 ZAR
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