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What is an albite?

What is an albite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
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White intergrowths of albite crystals are a common associate of amazonite and smoky quartz.
A plagioclase feldspar, albite probably, occurs as parallel growths of transparent colorless to yellowish crystals.
Well-formed crystals of quartz, microcline, and albite typically line pocket walls.
The quartz and albite contain small dark inclusions of cassiterite and columbite-tantalite-group minerals.
Typical minerals in this facies are quartz, albite, prehnite, pumpellyite, chlorite, stilpnomelane, muscovite, and actinolite.
The phenakite is also associated with albite, limonite, smoky quartz, and topaz and is often overlooked because it resembles quartz.

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