Mansfieldite is an uncommon mineral that was named after an American geologist, George Rogers Mansfield.

Mansfieldite creates a series with scorodite, and it is the aluminium analogue of said gem.

[3] Mansfieldite crystals form due to hydrothermal origin in altered and mineralized andesitic pyroclastic rocks.

Due to its size, mansfieldite is hard to see even under a microscope.

The pink variation of the mineral is due to cobalt impurities, otherwise it is white to light gray.