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Albite

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white feldsparnouna widely distributed rock-forming feldspar

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white feldsparnouna widely distributed rock-forming feldspar
orthoclasenoun(mineralogy) Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi₃O₈, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.
anorthitenoun(mineralogy) A variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series.
oligoclasenoun(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the second member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Primarily found as small crystals in impure marble. Oligoclase contains a small amount of calcium substituting for some of the sodium in its formula. Oligoclase with reddish-golden inclusions found in Norway and Canada is called sunstone.
carlsbadnounA city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.
albititenoun(geology) Any rock composed mostly of albite
andesinenoun(mineralogy) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen.
plagioclasenoun(mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
anorthoclasenoun(mineralogy) Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates.
albitizationnoun(mineralogy) conversion into albite
alumstonenoun(mineralogy) alunite
albanitenoun(mineralogy) A melanocratic leucitite.
andesitenoun(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
albitisationnounAlternative form of albitization. [(mineralogy) conversion into albite]
analcimenoun(mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
augelitenoun(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
upalitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminium, uranium, oxygen, phosphorus, and hydrogen.
albolitenounAlternative form of albolith. [(obsolete) A kind of cement consisting mostly of magnesia and silica.]
alum stonenoun(mineralogy) Alternative form of alumstone (“alunite”). [(mineralogy) alunite]
altisitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.

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