Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ]

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Material properties

Formulas (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8, NaAlSi3O8
Abbreviation Ab
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1815
Crystal symmetry Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2)
Classifications Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase
Variants Cleavelandite, Ca
Related materials Lingunite
Luminescence emitters AlO4, Al-O- -Al, Ce, Dy, Eu, Exsolution features, Fe, Mn, Nd, O, Pb, Sm, Tb, Trapped hole, Unspecified
Reflectance lines OH, Unspecified
Spectra Luminescence (4), SXES (1) Reflectance (4)
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Tags Aluminosilicate, Mineral, Variety

Composition

Element Atoms
Na 1
O 8
Al 1
Si 3
Total: 13

References for Albite

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
CSIRO SXES database 0 1 1
Gorobets et al. 1989 1 0 0
Götze et al. 1999 16 0 0
Götze et al. 2000 12 0 0
Götze 2000c 1 1 1
Kirsh & Townsend 1988 1 0 0
Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 4 0 0
Moroshkin et. al. 2001 2 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2016 4 1 1
Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) 0 3 0
CSIRO Reflectance (2025) 5 0 0
CSIRO Reflectance 2025b 0 1 0
Rendell & Clarke 1997 1 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 6 0 0
Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence 2 0 0
Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence, other 6 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 3 1 1
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar) 0 1 1
White 1974, reflectance 1 0 0
White 1974, reflectance, other 12 0 0

Specimens of Albite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1280 Albite CSIRO Albite (99.8%) 99.8 1 Reflectance
M2393 Albite CSIRO Albite (98.0%), Muscovite-2M1 98.0 2 Reflectance
MES104 Andesine CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (94.6%), Albite (94.6%), Andesine, Microcline, Quartz 94.6 0 —
46E0233 Albite CSIRO Albite (92.7%), Analcime, Calcite, Microcline 92.7 0 —
MES103 Labradorite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (88.9%), Labradorite, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 88.9 0 —
MES061 Polylithionite and Aegirine CSIRO Aegirine, Albite (84.7%), Lepidolite-2M1, Polylithionite-1M 84.7 0 —
MES135 Eucryptite CSIRO Albite (69.0%), Eucryptite, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1 69.0 1 Reflectance
M0015 Molybdenite CSIRO Albite (47.4%), Molybdenite, Molybdenite-2H, Molybdenite-3R, Quartz 47.4 0 —
MT8257 Andesine CSIRO Albite (40.9%), Andesine, Microcline, Quartz 40.9 0 —
M2362 Sanidine CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (36.8%), Albite (36.8%), Ferro-ferri-hornblende, Microcline, Muscovite-1M (var. Mg), Sanidine (var. high) 36.8 0 —
M0834 Ankerite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (35.9%), Ankerite, Augite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Ilmenite, Montmorillonite, Sanidine 35.9 0 —
Erwan1 Biotite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (27.3%), Biotite, Biotite-1M, Kaolinite, Quartz 27.3 0 —
MES300 Cookeite CSIRO Albite (21.0%), Cookeite, Microcline, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 21.0 1 Reflectance
NR-MIC-118 Microcline CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (20.0%), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 20.0 0 —
MCU ALB1 Albite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (19.3%), Microcline 19.3 0 —
Erwan2 Biotite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (17.5%), Biotite, Biotite-1M, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Quartz 17.5 0 —
M1611 Microcline CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (14.8%), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 14.8 0 —
MES124 Hambergite CSIRO Albite (14.0%), Ankerite, Cookeite, Hambergite (var. F), Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz 14.0 0 —
NR-62 Orthoclase CSIRO Albite (12.9%), Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz 12.9 0 —
M0877 Dolomite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (10.0%), Dolomite 10.0 0 —
M1385 Epidote CSIRO Albite (9.8%), Augite, Epidote, Fluorapatite 9.8 0 —
M1284 Orthoclase CSIRO Albite (var. Ca) (8.7%), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Quartz 8.7 0 —
46E3372 Andradite CSIRO Albite (7.4%), Albite (var. Ca) (7.4%), Fluorapatite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Quartz, Titanite 7.4 0 —
M2408 Spodumene CSIRO Albite (6.6%), Quartz, Spodumene 6.6 0 —
MES082 Omphacite CSIRO Actinolite, Albite (6.0%), Calcite, Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz, Titanite 6.0 0 —