Tenacity
Solubility
Durability
Specific Gravity
Fracture
Cleavage
Mohs Hardness
Chemical Composition
{110} Perfect, {???} Distinct, {???} Distinct
(Mg,Fe2+ ) 2(Mg,Fe2+ ) 5Si 8O 22(OH) 2Anthony et al , Handbook of mineralogy (2001)
Uneven, ConchoidalWalter Schumann
Mg 2Al 4Si 5O 18Ulrich Henn and Claudio C.