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10 pack of natural Albite specimens with beautiful twinning and assorted shapes and sizes.
Each piece of rock or mineral measures approximately 1-2 inches along the longest side.
A plagioclase feldspar mineral, Albite is the sodium endmember, meaning that it is at the extreme end of the sodium series in terms of purity. It is also considered to be a tectosilicate, which is to say that it has a 3D framework of silicate tetrahedrons. Its basic chemical formula is NaAlSi3O8, and is usually a pure white in color, giving it the Latin name of albus.
It is known for often exhibiting crystal twinning, whereby two separate crystals c
ome together to share some of the same points of their crystal lattice, in a symmetrical manner. Albite is often found in masses of both granite and pegmatite, in hydrothermal veins.
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