Habit: minute pseudocubic crystals or tabular, also granular, massive, earthy
cryptocristalline crust and coatings. Color: ocherous, amber-yellow or dark brown. Diaphaneity: opaque. Luster: subadamantine to vitreous or resinous. Streak: pale yellow. Fracture: uneven to conchoidal. Cleavage: distinct (0001). Other: Pyroelectric. Chemical: insoluble in water but dissolves in HCl. Occurrence: widespread secondary
mineral as encrustation and coating in the oxidizing zone of sulfidic ore deposits along
with limonite and goethite. Forms from the aerobic alteration of pyrite.