Min. [mod. f. (by Gahn and Berzelius, 1814) L. alb-us white + -ITE, min. form.]
A feldspathic mineral, usually white, differing from common feldspar in containing soda instead of potash; white or soda feldspar.
1843. Humble, Dict. Geol., Albite … forms a constituent part of the greenstone rocks in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh.
1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, x. 88. The species albite and anorthite are isomorphous.
Comb. albite-felsite, a variety of albite; albite porphyry, a porphyry containing crystals of albite.
