Albite 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.

Named in 1815 by Johan Gottlieb Gahn and Jöns Jacob Berzelius from Latin "albus", white, alluding to its usual color. One of the most common members of the Feldspar group. Low- and …

Albite is a very common mineral, and is an important rock-forming mineral. It takes a longer time for Albite to crystallize than the other feldspars. This enables Albite to form in large and well …

albite, common feldspar mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi 3 O 8) that occurs most widely in pegmatites and felsic igneous rocks such as granites. It may also be found in low-grade …

Albite Plagioclase. Comments: Colorless, lustrous blocky albite crystals to 3 cm in size with a thick dusting of micaceous green micro chlorite. Location: Acushnet Quarry, Bristol Co., …

Oct 15, 2023 · Albite is characteristic of low-grade regional and contact metamorphic rocks (greenschist, zeolite, and albite-epidote hornfels facies). It is generally the last of the feldspars …

Aug 13, 2022 · Albite is a plagioclase feldspar appearing as colorless gems. It’s often part of other stones like trapiche emerald and amazonite. Learn albite’s properties, healing powers, and …

Albite is a widely distributed white feldspar commonly found in granites, syenites, rhyolites, and trachytes, as well as pegmatites and spillites. Because albite is the last of the feldspars to …

Albite is a common felspar and is the "pivot" mineral of two different feldspar series. It is most often associated with the plagioclase series where it is an end member of this series. The …

Chemical Formula: NaAlSi 3 O 8 (Albite is the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspars. Albite ranges from 90% to 100% NaAlSi 3 O 8 and 10% to 0%CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 .) Color: White; …