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MINERALS INDEX
Albite |
| NaAlSi3O8 |
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Forms
c(001), b(010), m(110), M(110), f(130), z(130),
x(101), r(-403), y(201), g(112), and p(111)
Occurrence
Albite, in sharp glassy-white crystals twinned on the albite law and showing the forms
listed, was found sparsely in cavities of the gray porous dolomite in the Buckwheat mine
at Franklin) with calcite) quartz, and sphalerite. The only specimens seen were in the
collection of Mr. Shuster.
Massive white albite was recognized by Larsen and Shannon (220), as the chief gangue of bustamite crystals from Franklin. Although this albite was said to present some unusual features, no detailed statement of its character has been published.
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