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A widely distributed rock-forming feldspar
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albite
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a widely distributed rock-forming feldspar [syn: white feldspar ]
Wikipedia
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Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral . It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. As such it represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula Na Al Si O . It is a tectosilicate ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (label en mineral) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
Usage examples of albite.
Basically, a process called metamorphism caused the basalts in Shenandoah to recrystallize with new minerals, such as chlorite, epidote, and albite, which help give the rocks their greenish hue.
The best-known locality is Fronolen near Tremadoc in North Wales, where crystals of the thin tabular habit occur with crystallized quartz, albite and anatase on the walls of crevices in diabase.
In chemical composition and in optical and other physical characters it is thus much nearer to the anorthite end of the series than to albite.
The best-known locality is Fronolen near Tremadoc in North Wales, where crystals of the thin tabular habit occur with crystallized quartz, albite and anatase on the walls of crevices in diabase.
We had our best results with an albite lens focusing the rays of the full moon on the spellchecker chamber that holds the memory microimps.
Nelvine: Nelvine is the common name of albite, a variety of white feldspar.