Eosphorite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eosphorite \E*os"pho*rite\, n. [From Gr. ? Bringer of morn.]
     (Min.)
     A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally
     of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.
     [1913 Webster]