Albite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Albite [ NaAlSi₃O₈ ]

Images of Albite

CL/SEM spectrum of Albite

CL spectrum of Albite from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Albite specimen from Crete, Greece. Scale at bottom of image is one inch with a rule at one cm.

Photo by Rock Currier (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY 3.0

SXES spectrum of Albite

CL spectrum of albite from Khaldzan Buregte, Mongolia. Fig27 in Götze 2000c

CL spectrum of Albite from the Tista River, Bangladesh

Material properties

Formulas	NaAlSi₃O₈, (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)₄O₈
Abbreviation	Ab
Variants	Cleavelandite, Ca
Classifications	Plagioclase, Alkali feldspar
Luminescence emitters	AlO4, Al-O- -Al, Ce, Dy, Eu, Exsolution features, Fe, Mn, Nd, O, OH, Pb, Sm, Tb, Trapped hole, Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (4), SXES (1) Reflectance (5)
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1815
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Lingunite
Crystal symmetry	Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2)
Tags	Mineral, Variety, Aluminosilicate, Aluminosilicate

Composition

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

References for Albite

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Spectra

Images

CSIRO SXES database

Gorobets et al. 1989

Götze et al. 1999

Götze et al. 2000

Götze 2000c

Kirsh & Townsend 1988

Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988

Moroshkin et. al. 2001

CSIRO CL spectra 2016

Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148)

Rahman et al. 2020

CSIRO Reflectance (2025)

CSIRO Reflectance 2025b

Rendell & Clarke 1997

Tarashchan 1978

Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence

Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence, other

Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence

Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other

White 1974, reflectance

White 1974, reflectance, other

Specimens of Albite

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques
KAlSi3O8 Hyper2-20 Orthoclase	CSIRO	Adularia, Albite	KAlSi3O8 Hyper2-20 Orthoclase BSE image of Adularia [KAlSi3O8] in 'KAlSi3O8 Hyper2-20 Orthoclase' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
M1280 Albite	CSIRO	Albite	M1280 Albite Image of Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ] in specimen 'M1280 Albite' [CSIRO], from the United States of America. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M1296 Petalite / Microcline	CSIRO	Albite, Ca, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Petalite, Quartz	M1296 Petalite / Microcline Image of Petalite, Albite (var. Ca), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase and Quartz in specimen 'M1296 Petalite / Microcline' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M2393 Albite	CSIRO	Albite, Muscovite-2M1	M2393 Albite Image of Albite specimen 'Albite M2393' (CSIRO) from South Dakota, USA (C) 2014 CSIRO. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
MCU_EPI_1 Epidote	CSIRO	Albite, Clinochlore, Fe, Epidote, Magnetite, Quartz	MCU_EPI_1 Epidote Image of Epidote, Albite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Magnetite and Quartz in specimen 'MCU_EPI_1 Epidote' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
MES135 Albite / Eucryptite	CSIRO	Albite, Eucryptite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1	MES135 Albite / Eucryptite Image of Eucryptite, Albite, Muscovite-1M and Muscovite-2M1 in specimen 'MES135 Albite / Eucryptite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
MES300 Microcline / Cookeite / Albite	CSIRO	Albite, Cookeite, Microcline, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz	MES300 Microcline / Cookeite / Albite Image of Cookeite, Albite, Microcline, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1 and Quartz in specimen 'MES300 Microcline / Cookeite / Albite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
NRALB01 Albite	CSIRO	Albite	NRALB01 Albite Image of Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ] in specimen 'NRALB01 Albite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
NaAlSi3O8 Hyper2-10 Albite	CSIRO	Albite, K feldspar	NaAlSi3O8 Hyper2-10 Albite BSE image of Albite [NaAlSi3O8] in 'NaAlSi3O8 Hyper2-10 Albite' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker	CSIRO	Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite, Mg, Fe, Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite, Mn, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite	Tista 2020 D4 Shaker Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020 (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	46	CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc	CSIRO	Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite	Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc Image of a specimen of Zircon from Tista River, Bangladesh (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	27	CL, EDS

Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ]