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Cleavelandite

Name:Named after Parker Cleaveland, a professor of geology and mineralogy at Bowdoin College in Maine during the early 1800s.
A variety of Albite

Platy albite, generally found in pegmatite.

Classification of Cleavelandite

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Other Names for Cleavelandite

Synonyms:
Clevelandite
German names:
CleavelanditClevelandit
Spanish names:
CleavelanditaClevelandita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Cleavelandite

Reference List:Dana's New Mineralogy, 8th ed., 1997, by Gaines, et.al.

Manual of Mineralogy after James D. Dana, 1977, by C. Klein & C.S. Hurlbut, Jr.

Maine Mineralogy, V.-I, 1994, by V. King & E. Foord.


Maine Mineralogy, V.-II, 2000, by V. King.

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