Information card for entry 9000681

Structure parameters

• Mineral name: Albite
• Formula: Al K0.2 Na0.8 O8 Si3
• Calculated formula: Al K0.2 Na0.8 O8 Si3
• Title of publication: Crystal structures and compositions of sanidine and high albite in cryptoperthitic intergrowth Note this sample of feldspar is from the Rabb Canyon pegmatite, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
• Authors of publication: Keefer, K. D.; Brown, G. E.
• Journal of publication: American Mineralogist
• Year of publication: 1978
• Journal volume: 63
• Pages of publication: 1264 - 1273
• a: 8.144 Å
• b: 12.989 Å
• c: 7.16 Å
• α: 92.1°
• β: 116.56°
• γ: 90.21°
• Cell volume: 676.846 ų
• Number of distinct elements: 5
• Space group number: 2
• Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol: C -1
• Hall space group symbol: -P 1 (1/2*x+1/2*y,1/2*x-1/2*y,-z)
• Has coordinates: Yes
• Has disorder: No
• Has Fobs: No