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albite


albite
Albite. Credit: USGS
A common mineral occurring in igneous rocks, consisting of sodium aluminum silicate (NaAlSi3O8); it often forms vitreous crystals of various colors. Albite, a variety of plagioclase, is one of the three end-members (pure compounds) of the feldspar group.


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