Definition of Albite. Meaning of Albite. Synonyms of Albite

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Definition of Albite

Albite
Albite Al"bite, n. [L. albus white.] (Min.) A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

Meaning of Albite from wikipedia

- Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than...
- Friedrich Christian Hessel (1796–1872) in 1826. The series ranges from albite to anorthite endmembers (with respective compositions NaAlSi3O8 to CaAl2Si2O8)...
- (K-spar) endmember KAlSi3O8 albite endmember NaAlSi3O8 anorthite endmember CaAl2Si2O8 Solid solutions between K-feldspar and albite are called alkali feldspar...
- chlorite + albite + quartz pumpellyite + chlorite + epidote + albite + quartz pumpellyite + epidote + stilpnomelane + muscovite + albite + quartz In...
- feldspar (near albite, NaAlSi3O8, in composition). Typically, the host grain is orthoclase or microcline, and the lamellae are albite. If sodic feldspar...
- of orthoclase and albite within the stone. The diffracted light varies from white to blue, depending on the thinness of the albite layers. More technically...
- Albite Anorthite Anorthoclase Amazonite Bytownite Celsian Microcline Moonstone Adularia (var.) Rainbow (var.) Orthoclase Unakite Plagioclase Albite Labradorite...
- hornblende/actinolite +/- albite +/- biotite +/- quartz +/- garnet (calcite +/- wollastonite) Pelite; quartz, orthoclase +/- albite, +/- biotite +/- actinolite...
- intermediate member of the high albite – sanidine alkali feldspar solid solution series. Intermediate members of this series, high albite, anorthoclase and high...
- lattice i.e. niobium, zirconium Albitite, from replacement of plagioclase by albite (albitization) Effects of metasomatism in mantle peridotite can be either...