Specimens Whiteite is actually a series of minerals that have the same structure but different amounts of certain elements. The three mineral's properties are similar and most mineral guides, if they have whiteite at all, will refer to all of them simply as whiteite, as is done here. All are relatively rare phosphate minerals that form from hydrothermal precipitation and hydrothermal alteration of phosphate rich pegmatites.
Color is brown, tan, yellow, greenish-yellow, pink to lavender.
Luster is vitreous. Crystals are transparent to translucent. Cleavage is perfect in one direction. Fracture is uneven. Streak is white.