Name: from potassium (Latin = KALIum) and being a BORate.
Clades:
Borates.
Chemical: KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4.
Colour: colourless, white, reddish brown; colourless in transmitted light.
Lustre: vitreous.
Hardness: 4 to 4½.
Specific
Gravity: 2.05to 2.109.
Crystal System: Monoclinic.