albite
albite crystals from Brazil with green tourmalines
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albite
Found in 1815, it name comes from the Latin “albus”, white.
It is the sodium end member of the albite-anorthite series of the plagioclase group.
It is a very common and widespread mineral.
The peristerite shows phenomenon of adularescence same as moonstone.
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Na[AlSi3O8]
tectosilicate of aluminim and sodium
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Main color
white
Other colors
grey, colourless, yellow, pink, green
always in light shades of color.
Color of streak
white
Luster
vitreous
Hardness
6.0 to 6.5
Density
2.57 to 2.69
Cleavage
perfect
Fracture
uneven
break showing tiny flat surfaces
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Transparency
translucent, transparent
Refractive index
1.527 - 1.538
Double refraction
0.011
weak, biaxial (+)
visible double refraction
No
Dispersion
0,012
Pleochroism
absent
Number of colors
1
Fluorescence
moderate
red, deep pink, white…
CRYSTALS PROPERTIES
tabular and curved into leaves
crystals system
triclinic
OTHER INFORMATIONS
APPROACHING GEMS
Exploited
sites
Found all over the world. Found at St Veran, in the Haute Alpes, France, at Montgenevre close to Briançon, in all the Alpes in Europe…in Madagascar, Brazil, USA, Russia, Pakistan, China, Canada…
use in jewelry
Faceted or cabochon cut, its cleavage limits its use.
Daily care
and precautions
Sensitive to pressure and chocks.
Historical
healing properties
Albite would have the effect of encouraging the energetical links between the chakras and their related organs. Placed upon the solar chakra it would be related to the kidneys, the gall bladder, making esier the exchanges of corporal liquids.
It would remove the inhibitions and would help in the decision making in unknown or not mastered fields.
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