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Meaning of "albite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALBITE

From Latin albus white.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALBITE

albite  [ˈælbaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALBITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Albite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALBITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

albite

Albite

Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. As such it represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula NaAlSi3O8. It is a tectosilicate. Its color is usually pure white, hence its name from Latin albus. It is a common constituent in felsic rocks. Albite Albite crystallizes with triclinic pinacoidal forms. Its specific gravity is about 2.62 and it has a Mohs hardness of 6 - 6.5. Albite almost always exhibits crystal twinning often as minute parallel striations on the crystal face. Albite often occurs as fine parallel segregations alternating with pink microcline in perthite as a result of exolution on cooling. It occurs in granitic and pegmatite masses, in some hydrothermal vein deposits and forms part of the typical greenschist metamorphic facies for rocks of originally basaltic composition. It was first reported in 1815 for an occurrence in Finnbo, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden.

Definition of albite in the English dictionary

The definition of albite in the dictionary is a colourless, milky-white, yellow, pink, green, or black mineral of the feldspar group and plagioclase series, found in igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Composition: sodium aluminium silicate. Formula: NaALSi3O8. Crystal structure: triclinic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALBITE


bight
baɪt
bite
baɪt
brontobyte
ˈbrɒntəʊˌbaɪt
byte
baɪt
cenobite
ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt
columbite
kəˈlʌmbaɪt
epistilbite
ˌepɪˈstɪlbaɪt
exabyte
ˈɛksəˌbaɪt
frostbite
ˈfrɒstˌbaɪt
gigabyte
ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt
kilobyte
ˈkɪləˌbaɪt
megabyte
ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt
Moabite
ˈməʊəˌbaɪt
overbite
ˈəʊvəˌbaɪt
petabyte
ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt
snakebite
ˈsneɪkˌbaɪt
soundbite
ˈsaʊndbaɪt
stilbite
ˈstɪlbaɪt
terabyte
ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt
underbite
ˈʌndəˌbaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALBITE

albinal
albiness
albinic
albinism
albinistic
albino
albinoism
Albinoni
albinotic
Albinus
Albion
albitic
albitical
albitise
albitize
albizia
albizzia

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALBITE

chalybite
coenobite
coquimbite
crossbite
fleabite
his bark is worse than his bite
insect bite
Jacobite
love bite
lovebite
mosquito bite
niobite
plumbite
rebite
Rechabite
sorbite
sound bite
tax bite
trilobite
ytterbite

Synonyms and antonyms of albite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «albite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALBITE

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Translator English - Chinese

钠长石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

albita
570 millions of speakers

English

albite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

albite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

albite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

альбит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

albita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

albite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

albite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Albite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Albit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルバイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조장 석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Albite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

albite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

albite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Albite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

albit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

albite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Albit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

альбит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αλβίτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

albeit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

albit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

albitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of albite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALBITE»

The term «albite» is normally little used and occupies the 120.752 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALBITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about albite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALBITE»

Discover the use of albite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to albite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rock-forming Minerals
They found the nepheline - albite eutectic to be at 1068°C at Ne:4Ab76 (by weight). Bell & Roseboom (1969) determined phase relations at 32 and 40 kbar ( Fig. 146(b) and (c)). There have been many studies of the reaction jadeite = albite + ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, 2004
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Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section
174) which can crystallize either in a high- or a low-temperature form (high- or low anorthite and high- and low-albite). High- plagioclase is restricted to volcanic rocks whereas low-plagioclase is found in plutonic and meta- morphic rocks.
Hans Pichler, Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf, 1997
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The need to select M-l, M-2, D-l, and D-2 so that they can be represented as vectors in the four-dimensional space of the sample vectors is analogous to the need to describe the plagioclase compositions in terms of combinations of albite and ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
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Feldspars and their Reactions: [proceedinsg of the NATO ...
A possible phase diagram At high temperatures there appears to be complete solid solution between albite (Ab) and anonhite (An). No direct evidence of a miscibility gap, even due to the CT = lT transition at anorthite-rich compositions, has ...
Ian Parsons, 1994
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Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1932-33
Page Abstract 65 Introduction 65 Sketch of general geology 65 Diorite and quartz diorite 67 Distribution 67 Lithology 67 Albite granite 67 Distribution 67 Lithology 67 Megascopic featvires 67 Microscopic features 68 Texture 68 Granitic texture ...
‎1933
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
albite granite separately from the unaltered quartz mon- zonite, the gradational contacts between the two rocks leave no room for doubt that the albitized rock is a facies of the quartz monzonite. Albitized rock can be readily examined along the ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1965
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Many pods of albite-quartz-phosphate pegmatite distributed through zone 3 are shown separately on the geologic map (pl. 9). These are most» abundant near the inner edge of zone 3b. One of these pods is 50 feet long and 20 feet thick, but  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987
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Geology of the Muddy Mountains, Nevada: With a Section ...
albite; hornblende with pyroxene and magnetite; hornblende and albite with abundant pyrite, apatite, and titanite ; albite and epidote. or albite alone. The albite in the last-mentioned facies occurs as discrete veinlets. One such pegmatitic facies ...
Chester Ray Longwell, 1928
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Geology of the Hanover-York District, Pennsylvania
Albite schists in the southwestern part of the Dalra- dian series in Scotland and northeastern Ireland are associated with limestone and chlorite-epidote schists. Like the albite schists of York County, Pa., they have a relatively high soda content.
Anna Isabel Jonas, George Willis Stose, 1944
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Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
Albite Feldspar system Inorganic class Silicate grouP Feldspar subgrouP Plagioclase sPecies Albite gem varieties Albite moonstone (adularescent pale greenish-gray or yellowish-gray); peristerite (cream or pinkish with bluish adularescence); ...
Lance Grande, Allison Augustyn, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALBITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term albite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mineralization Discovered on Vine Property Supports Potential for …
... pyrrhotite (iron sulphide) mineralization disseminated within sedimentary beds that are locally altered by sericite, chlorite, albite, and silica. «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
2
Aurvista Gold Provides Technical Update and Combines Two Pre …
The gold sits within mafic volcanics and intrusive rocks (syenite). The mineralized rock is bleached white to beige due to the albite, ankerite and ... «Junior Mining Network, Jun 15»
3
Curiosity update, sols 978-1011: Into Marias Pass; ChemCam back …
Maybe albite? I am very glad that ChemCam is back in action and can hopefully tell us more about the composition of this rock. (More on that ... «The Planetary Society, Jun 15»
4
King River Copper finds new massive sulphide surface sample at …
A transition from weakly copper mineralised and veined magnetite gabbro into overlying albite-hematite rich granophyre was noted in the ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jun 15»
5
Integra Gold Discovers Multiple, Steeply Dipping Zones up to 300 …
The vertical shear zones host quartz-tourMaline veins and associated alteration (i.e. silica, albite, sericite) and are mineralized with 1-2% pyrite. «Satellite PR News, May 15»
6
Avalon Minerals could have iron oxide copper system at Nihka target
... rocks with epidote-albite-biotitemagnetite-chlorite-carbonate-sulphide assemblages consistent with an iron oxide copper alteration system. «Proactive Investors Australia, May 15»
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Don't be fooled by the twin sister of jadeite
The geological name of Water Mist Jade is albite, and experts say it is actually a combination of quartz and jadeite formed under high pressure ... «Hong Kong Standard, May 15»
8
Mega Precious hunts regional targets at Monument Bay
Each of the zones holds quartz, albite, sericite shear veins and tension breccia that have heightened concentrations of tungsten (scheelite). «The Northern Miner, Apr 15»
9
Merrex Gold Granted Karita Permit, Guinea
... and grades, in association with disseminated sulphide and albite-hematite-chlorite alteration in sandstone host rocks with little quartz veining ... «Baystreet.ca, Mar 15»
10
Developments in EBSD
This area of the sample contains 3 mineral phases: albite, biotite and muscovite mica. Biotite and muscovite mica have very similar crystal ... «Azom.com, Mar 15»

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