Albite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Albite [ NaAlSi₃O₈ ]

Images of Albite

CL/SEM spectrum of Albite

CL spectrum of Albite from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Image of specimen 'M 55940 Albite' (Museums Victoria) from Siberian Federal District, Russia

Photo by Benjamin Healley, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

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	(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)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Aluminosilicate, Mineral, Variety

Composition

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

References for Albite

Reference

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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)

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

CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar)

White 1974, reflectance

White 1974, reflectance, other

Specimens of Albite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
MES201 Quartz	CSIRO	Albite (var. Ca) (6.0%), Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz	6.0	MES201 Quartz Image of Quartz, Albite (var. Ca), Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline and Orthoclase in specimen 'MES201 Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
NR-Act-01 Talc	CSIRO	Albite (6.0%), Clinochlore (var. Fe), Hematite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite	6.0	NR-Act-01 Talc Image of specimen 'NR_Act_1 Actinolite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1063 Scheelite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Albite (var. Ca) (5.6%), Scheelite	5.6	M1063 Scheelite Image of Scheelite, Actinolite and Albite (var. Ca) in specimen 'M1063 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MCU-EPI-1 Epidote	CSIRO	Albite (5.4%), Clinochlore (var. Fe), Epidote, Magnetite, Quartz	5.4	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
M1271 Anorthoclase	CSIRO	Albite (4.8%), Anorthoclase	4.8	M1271 Anorthoclase Image of Anorthoclase and Albite in specimen 'M1271 Anorthoclase' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1296 Petalite	CSIRO	Albite (var. Ca) (2.6%), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Petalite, Quartz	2.6	M1296 Petalite Image of specimen 'M1296 Petalite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
M2007 Lepidolite	CSIRO	Albite (var. Ca) (2.2%), Lepidolite-1M	2.2	M2007 Lepidolite Image of Lepidolite and Albite (var. Ca) in specimen 'M2007 Lepidolite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
API H41 Serpentine	CSIRO	Albite (2.0%), Calcite, Hematite, Illite-1Md, Illite-Smectite 11.5A, Quartz, Serpentine (subgroup)	2.0	API H41 Serpentine Image of Illite-1Md, Albite, Calcite, Hematite, Illite-Smectite 11.5A and Quartz in specimen 'APIH41 Serpentine' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
APIH13 Halloysite	CSIRO	Albite (1.6%), Halloysite, Halloysite (var. hkl), Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Quartz	1.6	APIH13 Halloysite Image of Kaolinite, Albite, Halloysite (var. hkl), Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase and Quartz in specimen 'API13 Halloysite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
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
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 (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. 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