A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Albite |
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| Description | Albite is a common felspar and is the “pivot” mineral of two different feldspar series. Albite is the last of the feldspars to crystallize from molten rock. All plagioclase feldspars show a type of twinning that is named after albite. Albite's chemical formula is NaAlSi3O8. The name comes from the Latin, albus, in allusion to the common color. |
| Location | USA ▹ Virginia. Near Ameila Courthouse. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-09-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1691. |
| Key words | albite, feldspar, albite twinning |
| Tech details | 493 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2917 |
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