Violet Anderson Royal Ontario Museum Pyrophanite, a member of the ilmenite group, is relatively common at Mont Saint-Hilaire. Color is usually deep carmine red, black on opaque rosettes. Luster is metallic to adamantine. Diaphaneity is opaque to transparent. Crystal Habits include thin hexagonal plates to 1cm, complex blocky crystals and rosette-like aggregates to 2cm.
Fracture is conchoidal to uneven.
Hardness is 5 - 6. Streak is brownish-red.