Plagioclase
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Properties
Formula | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Abbreviation | Pl |
Variants | synthetic, lunar |
Classification | Feldspar (group) |
Members | Bytownite, Anorthite, Labradorite, Oligoclase, 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 |
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Bakhtin 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mariano et al. 1973 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
CSIRO/WUStL Apollo 12 (2019), luminescence | 2 | 1 | 0 |
CSIRO/WUStL Apollo 12 (2019), luminescence, other | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sippel & Spencer 1970b | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rahman et al. 2020, luminescence | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rahman et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 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 |