Albite
Images
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Properties
| Formulas | NaAlSi3O8, (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 |
| Abbreviation | Ab |
| Variants | Ca, Cleavelandite |
| Classifications | Plagioclase, Alkali feldspar |
| Luminescence emitters | AlO4, Al-O- -Al, Ce, Dy, Eu, 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
|
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 | ||
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CSIRO Reflectance (2025) | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO Reflectance 2025b | 0 | 1 | 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 | ||
| White 1974, reflectance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| White 1974, reflectance, other | 12 | 0 | 0 |