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Name and first discovery : Named after the Latin word "albus" for "white," due to its most common color. Albite was first scientifically described in 1815 by Johan Gottlieb Gahn and Jöns Jakob Berzelius. The type locality is the Finnbo quartz and pegmatite quarry near Falun, Sweden.
Chemistry : The Na-rich end member of the albite-anorthite series (plagioclase)
Synonyms : Kieselsspar, Olafit, Sodaklas, Tetartin
Varieties : Moonstone, Cleavelandite, Pericline, Peristerite, Zygadite
Abbreviation : From
literature
Dana, J. D., & Dana, E. S. (1892). The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: descriptive mineralogy . J. Wiley & sons.