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Sign in to saveAlbite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula . It is a tectosilicate. Its color is usually pure white, hence its name from Latin, . It is a common constituent in felsic rocks.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Albite
- Mineral.category
- Tectosilicate minerals
- Mineral.group
- Feldspar group
- Mineral.series
- Plagioclase feldspar series
- Mineral.image
- Albite - Crete (Kriti) Island, Greece.jpg
- Mineral.formula
- (ideal endmember) (Na:Ca = 100:0 to 90:10)
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Ab
- Mineral.IMAstatus
- Grandfathered (1815)
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.FA.35
- Mineral.dana
- 76.1.3.1
- Mineral.system
- Triclinic
- Mineral.class
- Pinacoidal ()
- Mineral.symmetry
- C (no. 2)
- Mineral.color
- White to gray, blueish, greenish, reddish; may be chatoyant
- Mineral.habit
- Crystals commonly tabular, divergent aggregates, granular, cleavable massive
- Mineral.twinning
- Common giving polysynthetic striae on {001} or {010} also contact, simple and multiple
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect on {001}, very good on {010}, imperfect on {110}
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven to conchoidal
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