At both sites, raite forms beautiful acicular crystals arranged in sprays, fans, spherulites, rosettes and as crusts. The color is golden-brown to red or even violet with a silky luster. It is associated with other rare minerals and although hard to find, it is certainly a cool mineral to have in a collection. Color is golden-brown to red or even violet. Luster is silky to vitreous.
Crystals are transparent to translucent.
Cleavage is perfect, but rarely seen. Hardness is 3. Specific Gravity is 2.4 Streak is yellow. Associated Minerals are aegirine , epididymite , analcime , albite , villiaumite , natrolite , zorite , eudialyte , sodalite , sphalerite , ancylite , nenadkevichite , lovozerite , mangan-neptunite , penkvilksite , serandite and other rare minerals. Notable Occurrences include the type locality of Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt, Mt. Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula , Russia and the famous mineral site of Mount Saint Hilaire , Quebec, Canada.