Albite [ NaAlSi3O8 ]

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Material properties

Formulas NaAlSi3O8, (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Abbreviation Ab
Variants Ca, Cleavelandite
Classifications Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase
Luminescence emitters AlO4, Al-O- -Al, Ce, Dy, Eu, Exsolution features, Fe, Mn, Nd, O, OH, Pb, Sm, Tb, Trapped hole, Unspecified
Spectra Luminescence (4), SXES (1) Reflectance (5)
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1815
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Related materials Lingunite
Crystal symmetry Triclinic, Point group 1, Space group P1 (#2)
Tags Mineral, Variety, Aluminosilicate, Aluminosilicate

Composition

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

References for Albite

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
CSIRO SXES database 0 1 1
Gorobets et al. 1989 1 0 0
Götze et al. 1999 16 0 0
Götze et al. 2000 12 0 0
Götze 2000c 1 1 1
Kirsh & Townsend 1988 1 0 0
Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 4 0 0
Moroshkin et. al. 2001 2 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2016 4 1 1
Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) 0 3 0
Rahman et al. 2020 0 1 1
CSIRO Reflectance (2025) 6 1 0
CSIRO Reflectance 2025b 0 1 0
Rendell & Clarke 1997 1 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 6 0 0
Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence 2 0 0
Telfer & Walker 1978, luminescence, other 6 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 3 1 1
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
White 1974, reflectance 1 0 0
White 1974, reflectance, other 12 0 0

Specimens of Albite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
MES082 Omphacite / Ferro-glaucophane / Epidote CSIRO Actinolite, Albite (6.0%), Calcite, Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz, Titanite 6.0 0 —
MES201 Quartz / Calcite / Aragonite CSIRO Albite, Ca (6.0%), Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz 6.0 0 —
NR_Act_1 Talc / Tremolite / Quartz CSIRO Albite (6.0%), Clinochlore, Fe, Hematite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite 6.0 0 —
M1063 Scheelite / Actinolite CSIRO Actinolite, Albite, Ca (5.6%), Scheelite 5.6 0 —
MCU_EPI_1 Epidote CSIRO Albite (5.4%), Clinochlore, Fe, Epidote, Magnetite, Quartz 5.4 2 Reflectance
M1271 Anorthoclase CSIRO Albite (4.8%), Anorthoclase 4.8 0 —
M1296 Petalite / Microcline CSIRO Albite, Ca (2.6%), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Petalite, Quartz 2.6 1 Reflectance
M2007 Lepidolite CSIRO Albite, Ca (2.2%), Lepidolite-1M 2.2 0 —
APIH41 Illite / Illite-Smectite 11.5A / Calcite CSIRO Albite (2.0%), Calcite, Hematite, Illite-1Md, Illite-Smectite 11.5A, Quartz 2.0 0 —
API13 Kaolinite / Halloysite CSIRO Albite (1.6%), Halloysite, hkl, Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Quartz 1.6 0 —
KAlSi3O8 Hyper2-20 Orthoclase CSIRO Adularia, Albite — 1 SXES
MCU-ALB-02 Albite CSIRO Albite — 0 —
NRALB01 Albite CSIRO Albite — 1 Reflectance
NaAlSi3O8 Hyper2-10 Albite CSIRO Albite, K feldspar — 1 SXES
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite, Mg, Fe, Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite, Mn, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite — 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 — 27 CL, EDS