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Albite-Anorthite Series
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| Colour: | White | Hardness: | 6 - 6½ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A series between Albite and Anorthite
Feldspar Group.
Alternate name for the plagioclase series of feldspars.
Feldspar Group.
Alternate name for the plagioclase series of feldspars.
Classification of Albite-Anorthite Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Physical Properties of Albite-Anorthite Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lustre: | Vitreous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colour: | White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Streak: | White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardness (Mohs): | 6 - 6½ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Albite-Anorthite Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Dickson, F.W. (1968), Growth of K-feldspars and plagioclase by replacement processes in rock of the Papoose Flat pluton and in country rocks, Inyo Mountains, California: Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Papers 101, Abstract for 1966: 53-54. Carpenter, M.A., McConnell, J.D.C., and Navrotsky, A. (1985), Enthalpies of ordering in the plagioclase feldspar solid solution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 49: 947-966. Salje E., Kuscholke, B., Wruck, B., and Kroll, H. (1985), Thermodynaics of sodium feldspar II: experimental results and numerical calculations. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 12: 99-107. Redfern, S.A.T. and Salje, E. (1987), Thermodynamics of plagioclase II: temperature evolution of the spontaneous strain at the I1‾ ↔ P1‾ phase transition in anorthite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 14: 189-195. Salje, E. (1987), Thermodynamics of plagioclase I: theory of the I1‾ - P1‾ phase transition in anorthite and Ca-rich plagioclases. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 14: 181-188. Carpenter, M.A., McConnell, J.D.C., and Navrotsky, A. (1985), Enthalpies of ordering in the plagioclase feldspar solid solution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 49: 947-966. Redfern, S.A.T., Graaeme-Barber, A., and Salje, E. (1988), Thermodynamics of plagioclase III: spontaneous strain at the I1‾ - P1‾ phase transition in Ca-rich plagioclase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 16: 157-163. Redfern, S.A.T. (1992), The effect of Al/Si disorder on the I1‾ - P1‾ co-elastic phase transition in Ca-rich plagioclase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 19: 246-254. Weinbruch, S. & W.F. Müller (1995), Constraints on nthe cooling rates of chondrules from the microstructure of clinopyroxene and plagioclase: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 59: 3221-3230. Angel, R.J. (2004), Equations of state of plagioclase feldspars. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 146: 506-512. Dickson, F.W. (1968), Growth of K-feldspars and plagioclase by replacement processes in rock of the Papoose Flat pluton and in country rocks, Inyo Mountains, California: Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Papers 101, Abstract for 1966: 53-54. Carpenter, M.A., McConnell, J.D.C., and Navrotsky, A. (1985), Enthalpies of ordering in the plagioclase feldspar solid solution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 49: 947-966. Redfern, S.A.T. (1992), The effect of Al/Si disorder on the I1‾ - P1‾ co-elastic phase transition in Ca-rich plagioclase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 19: 246-254. Weinbruch, S. & W.F. Müller (1995), Constraints on nthe cooling rates of chondrules from the microstructure of clinopyroxene and plagioclase: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 59: 3221-3230. Angel, R.J. (2004), Equations of state of plagioclase feldspars. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 146: 506-512. Redfern, S.A.T. (1992), The effect of Al/Si disorder on the I1‾ - P1‾ co-elastic phase transition in Ca-rich plagioclase. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 19: 246-254. Weinbruch, S. & W.F. Müller (1995), Constraints on the cooling rates of chondrules from the microstructure of clinopyroxene and plagioclase: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 59: 3221-3230. Lee, M.R., Thompson, P., Poeml, P., and Parsons, I. (2003) Peristeritic plagioclase in North Sea hydrocarbon reservoir rocks: implications for diagenesis, provenance and stratigraphic correlation. American Mineralogist: 88: 866-875. Angel, R.J. (2004), Equations of state of plagioclase feldspars. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 146: 506-512. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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