[4] Edenite has been found primarily in metamorphic rocks, occurring in pods of other magnesium-rich minerals within a marble formation or with garnet-rich lherzolites from deep within the Earth's crust.

While edenite is not important for commercial or industrial applications, it is often studied because of its unique chemical substitution properties.

Results from research performed on amphiboles have shown that edenite is particularly suited for fitting chloride anions into its chemical framework.

Many synthetic variations of edenite are also used in geochemical research to produce a boron analogue of fluoroedenite.

When viewed in thin section with a petrographic microscope, it is white-gray with pale green pleochroism in plane-polarized light.