Hypertext Webster Gateway: "albite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Albite \Al"bite\, n. [L. albus white.] (Min.)
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in
crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and
soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various
igneous rocks. See {Feldspar}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
albite
n : a widely distributed rock-forming feldspar [syn: {white
feldspar}]
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