Plagioclase
Properties
| Formula | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Abbreviation | Pl |
| Variants | lunar, synthetic |
| Classification | Feldspar (group) |
| Members | Bytownite, Labradorite, Oligoclase, Anorthite, Andesine, Albite |
| Luminescence emitters | Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ti, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (4) |
| IMA Status | Approved group |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Crystal symmetry | Triclinic |
| Tags | Subgroup, Synthetic, Aluminosilicate, Aluminosilicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| O | 8 |
| Ca | 0-1 |
| Na | 0-1 |
| Al | 1-2 |
| Si | 2-3 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakhtin 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mariano et al. 1973 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| CSIRO/WUStL Apollo 12 (2019) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sippel & Spencer 1970b | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Telfer & Walker 1978 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| White 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 |