![heterosite of La Vilatte in Chanteloube in France](https://www.patrickvoillot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/heterosite-la-vilatte-chanteloube-france159.png)
heterosite
Its name comes from the Greek “hetero”, other, because on the same deposit it was the second mineral containing manganese to be discovered. It forms a group with purpurite, the iron pole of the phosphate is the heterosite and purpurite the manganiferous pole.