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albite (noun) - A mineral that is a type of feldspar, commonly found in igneous rocks
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- A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
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Albite crystallizes with triclinic pinacoidal forms.
Pericline is a form of albite exhibiting elongate prismatic crystals.
This was not sufficient to convert plagioclase to albite.
Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral.
In the alkali feldspar almost pure albite domains are observed.
Perthite is either microcline or orthoclase with thin lamellae of exsolved albite.
Albite almost always exhibits crystal twinning often as minute parallel striations on the crystal face.
The sample at left is described as topaz with albite and quartz.
Sanidine and high albite constitute a solid solution series with intermediate compositions termed anorthoclase.
The following table shows their compositions in terms of constituent anorthite and albite percentages.
The water slowly dissolves albite incongruently until it becomes saturated with respect to this mineral.
The mineral occurs in pegmatite deposits and is easily mistaken for albite and other feldspars.
Labradorite and Albite are rare forms of the stone.
There are several named plagioclase feldspars that fall between albite and anorthite in the series.
Albite stability with fluorine-unsaturated melt.
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These priority targets are similar to the albite and ankerite alteration of the Fayolle showing.
Associated minerals include rutile, quartz and albite.
A few albite and quartz-feldspar dykes crosscut the local stratigraphy.
It is composed of two feldspar minerals, orthoclase and albite.
When the formation cools, the orthoclase and albite separate into alternating layers.
Moonstone is composed of two feldspar species, orthoclase and albite.
Albite is named from the Latin albus, in reference to its unusually pure white color.
Glass-ceramic material with principal crystallizations of albite phase.
The solubility of albite and other cation aluminosilicates increases with increasing partial pressure of CO2.
Typically the host grain is orthoclase or microcline, and the lamellae are albite.
The pure albite endmember has the formula NaAlSi3O8.
Its light spots are plagioclase, which over time has turned into albite and epidote.
Glass-ceramic material of albite and / or anorthite exhibing warmth.
Many feldspars exist, the main feldspars are potassic orthoclase, sodic albite and calcic anorthite.
Its occurrence is in the albite zone of pegmatite in granulites and gneisses Fleischer, 1977.
Forming a series of continuous crystallization, since the transformations occur progressively between albite and anorthite.
The plagioclase is sodium-rich, usually albite or oligoclase.
It 's composed of two feldspar minerals, orthoclase and albite.
Litchfieldite is another well-marked type of nepheline-syenite, in which albite is the dominant feldspar.
Frequently associated minerals include: natrolite, neptunite, joaquinite, serpentine and albite.
The auriferous and argentiferous ( Au, Ag ) zones are intimately associated with albite alteration and pyritization.
The extinction angle is an optical characteristic and varies with the albite fraction % Ab.
Group of six tourmaline crystals ( likely elbaite ), with albite and quartz.
