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Name
Albite
Chemistry
4[NaAlSi3O8] Sodium aluminium silicate
Uses
Sometimes used as a precious stone, ornamental stone, ceramics and as mineral specimens
Color-
Normally white, occasionally bluish, grey, reddish, greenish, or green
Hardness
6.0-6.5
Specific gravity
2.62-2.65
Crystal system:
Triclinic
Accompanied by:
Plagioclase, Tourmaline
Fracture
Uneven to Conchoidal
Luster
Vitreous
Cleavage
Perfect along one axis
Streak
Colorless
Similar to:
Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
Varieties
Amelia Albite, Cleavelandite, Pericline, Peristerite
Albite is mainly common feldspar and is the last of the feldspars to crystallize from molten rock.
Albite derives its name from the word "albino", due to the fact that Albite's color is usually white.
Albite is a common constituent of Granitic and Syenite rocks.
Mainly found in Canada, Labrador, Scandinavian Peninsula.
