Meaning Of The Word Albite

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albite in American English
a usually milky white variety of plagioclase, NaAlSi3O8, found in various plutonic rocks, esp. granite and syenite, often with twin crystals
noun: the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks

albite in British English
noun: a colourless, milky-white, yellow, pink, green, or black mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found in igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: sodium aluminium silicate.

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