It has a vitreous to pearly luster, a Mohs hardness of 3 to 3.5 and a specific gravity of 3.00 to 3.07. It is colorless in thin section, optically biaxial positive with refractive indices of nα = 1.644 - 1.648, nβ = 1.654 - 1.657 and nγ = 1.661 - 1.668. Boehmite occurs in tropical laterites and bauxites developed on alumino-silicate bedrock. It was first described in 1927 and named for German geologist Johann Böhm (1857–1938).
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