[5] Whiteite was named after John Sampson White Jr (born 1933),[10] associate curator of minerals at the Smithsonian Institution, and founder, editor and publisher (1970–1982) of the Mineralogical Record.

Individual values are:[1][2][3][4][5][6] The whiteite minerals are generally brown, pink or yellow, and whiteite-(CaMnMg) may also be light lavender coloured.

[1] Whiteite from Rapid Creek in the Yukon, Canada, is often associated with deep blue lazulite crystals (33 out of 49 photos on Mindat.org).

[5] At Blow River, the Yukon, Canada, it is found in iron-rich sedimentary rocks with siderite, lazulite, arrojadite and quartz.

[5] At Ilha de Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil, it occurs along joints and fractures in quartz and albite associated with other phosphates.