Color is dark brown to greenish black. Luster is adamantine to submetallic. Transparency crystals are opaque. Crystal Habits include the typical tabular to platy crystals with a pseudohexagonal outline. Magnet Cove specimens tend to be more equant with complex facets.
Cleavage is poor prismatically and in the basal direction.
Fracture is subconchoidal and uneven. Streak is light brown to white. Associated Minerals include anatase , rutile , quartz , feldspars , chalcopyrite , hematite and sphene . Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, luster, density, streak, associations and locality.