Anorthite [ CaAl2Si2O8 ]
Image of Anorthite
Material properties
| Formula | CaAl2Si2O8 |
| Abbreviation | An |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1823 |
| Crystal symmetry | Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2) |
| Classification | Plagioclase |
| Variant | synthetic |
| Related materials | Dmisteinbergite, Stöfflerite, Svyatoslavite |
| Luminescence emitters | Ce, Eu, Fe, Mn, Sm |
| Reflectance line | Unspecified |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Aluminosilicate, Mineral, Synthetic |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Ca | 1 |
| Al | 2 |
| O | 8 |
| Si | 2 |
| Total: | 13 |
References for Anorthite
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Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake et al. 1971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laud et al. 1971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mariano & Ring 1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moore & Karakus 1994 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence, other | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| White 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 |