page_title: Alluaudite
hierarchical_section_title: Alluaudite
caption_attribution_description: Mineral of Custer County, South Dakota. These mineral images are free to use how you wish.
context_page_description: Alluaudite is a relatively common alkaline manganese iron phosphate mineral with formula Mn²⁺(Fe³⁺, Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mg)₂(PO₄)₃. It occurs as metasomatic replacement in granitic pegmatites and within phosphatic nodules in shales.
  It was first described in 1848 for an occurrence in Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden. It was named by Alexis Damour after François Alluaud (II).
context_section_description: Alluaudite is a relatively common alkaline manganese iron phosphate mineral with formula (Na,Ca)Mn²⁺(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg)₂(PO₄)₃. It occurs as metasomatic replacement in granitic pegmatites and within phosphatic nodules in shales. 
  It was first described in 1848 for an occurrence in Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden.  It was named by Alexis Damour after François Alluaud (II) (1778–1866).
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