Allanpringite is a phosphate mineral that was named after the Australian mineralogist, Allan Pring of the South Australian Museum.
Allanpringite is a Fe<sup>3+</sup> analogue Al-phosphate mineral wavellite, but it has a different crystal symmetry â monoclinic instead of orthorhombic in wavellite.
It forms needle-like crystals, which are always twinned and form parallel bundles up to about 2 mm long. They are often found in association with other iron phosphates in abandoned iron mines.