Albite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Albite \Al"bite\, n. [L. albus white.] (Min.)
     A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in
     crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and
     soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various
     igneous rocks. See {Feldspar}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  albite
       n : a widely distributed rock-forming feldspar [syn: {white
           feldspar}]