Abstract. Pleysteinite, [(H2O)0.5K0.5]2Mn2Al3(PO4)4F2(H2O)10 ⚫ 4H2O, is the aluminium analogue of benyacarite, from Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. It was found in specimens altered zwieselite, association with nordgauite, fluellite, rockbridgeite, pyrite and columbite. Pleysteinite occurs as isolated small aggregates colourless, stubby prisms that are typically 10 to 30 µ...