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Albite is a
plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the
sodium endmember of the
plagioclase solid solution series. It
represents a
plagioclase with less than...
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Friedrich Christian Hessel (1796–1872) in 1826. The
series ranges from
albite to
anorthite endmembers (with
respective compositions NaAlSi3O8 to CaAl2Si2O8)...
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chlorite +
albite +
quartz pumpellyite +
chlorite +
epidote +
albite +
quartz pumpellyite +
epidote +
stilpnomelane +
muscovite +
albite +
quartz In...
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feldspar (near
albite, NaAlSi3O8, in composition). Typically, the host
grain is
orthoclase or microcline, and the
lamellae are
albite. If
sodic feldspar...
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igneous origin; it is part of many
granites and
granite pegmatites.
Albites (oligoclases) are very
widespread throughout the
world and are
among the...
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orthoclase endmember KAlSi3O8
albite endmember NaAlSi3O8
anorthite endmember CaAl2Si2O8
Solid solutions between orthoclase and
albite are
called alkali feldspar...
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Albite Anorthite Anorthoclase Amazonite Bytownite Celsian Microcline Moonstone Adularia (var.)
Rainbow (var.)
Orthoclase Unakite Plagioclase Albite Labradorite...
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major minerals are granite,
cement limestone,
ceramic clay, pot****ium,
albite, salt mine, mirabilite, nepheline, syenite, fluorite, marble,
mineral water...
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physical characters it is
intermediate between albite (NaAlSi3O8) and
anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8). The
albite:anorthite
molar ratio of
oligoclase ranges from...
- Maw sit sit, also
known as jade-
albite, is a
gemstone found exclusively in
northern Burma. It was
first identified in 1963 by the late
Swiss gemologist...
