Albite: 51267

Title: Albite: 51267
Description: Collection: Lafayette College
Location of origin: Virginia
Name on collection tag: Amelia C.H.
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Hardness: 6- 6.5
Cleavage: perfect on {001}, very good on {010}
Color: white to gray
Luster: non-metallic, vitreous
Habit: commonly tabular
Crystal system: Triclinic
Compositional family: plagioclase feldspar group
Relative density: 2.6 - 2.65
Creator: 4940
Type: Mineral
Mediator: Tamara Carley

Media: https://exhibits.lafayette.edu/geology/files/original/e54daaa3f4f8c99e87b984d7bb809f55.jpg; https://exhibits.lafayette.edu/geology/files/original/d2da80e4613d0ab7eb1c9bb644d9265c.jpg; https://exhibits.lafayette.edu/geology/files/original/4094df5fcace6b4726826256e27a8da6.jpg; https://exhibits.lafayette.edu/geology/files/original/7936960d6c0728d7a231d7115a92dccf.jpg