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| Name: | Albite Ab |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #273: Albite Khyber District, Pakistan  #413: Quartz on Albite Poison Ivy Pocket, Mcurtain County, Oklahoma, USA  #630: Rhodochrosite / Kupletskite / Aegirine / Albite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #686: Cavansite / Albite Pune, India  #1276: Lepidolite var. Trilithionite / Tourmaline var. Elbaite / Albite Brazil  #1508: Tourmaline / Lepidolite / Albite Golconda, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| IMA Chemistry: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Albite contains elements: Sodium (Na) Aluminum (Al) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Sweden |
| Year First Published: | 1815 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Gahn J G, Berzelius J (1815) Underfökning af nagra i grannskapet af Fahlun funna Fossilier, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi 4, 148-216 (see page 180) |
| Structural Group Name: | Feldspar |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | feldspar |
| Crystal Systems: | triclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4620 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 6.25 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 2.625 |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Albite (Wiki) Search Mindat: Albite Search Web Mineral DB: Albite |
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