albite
See also: Albite
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin albus (“white”), the common color of the mineral, + -ite.
Noun
[edit]albite (plural albites)
- (mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]plagioclase feldspar
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Albite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “albite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]albite f (plural albites)
Further reading
[edit]- “albite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.