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albite

[′al‚bīt]
(mineralogy)
NaAlSi3O8 A colorless or milky-white variety of plagioclase of the feldspar group found in granite and various igneous and metamorphic rocks. Also known as sodaclase; sodium feldspar; white feldspar; white schorl.
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