A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cleavelandite |
|---|---|
| Description | Cleavelandite is a variety of albite, NaAlSi3O8 (sodium aluminum silicate). It is the last of the feldspars to crystallize from molten rock. Cleavelandite forms extremely thin, platy, white and sometimes very transparent crystals. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-09-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1889. |
| Key words | cleavelandite, albite, feldspar |
| Tech details | 699 KB. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2921 |
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