Albite
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Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmemb
Albite from Crete
Albite from Italy
Belomorite
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Belomorite, sometimes peristerite, moonstone, murchisonite, Ceylon opal, or hecatolite, is a decorative variety of albite of white or light gray color with a distinct iridescence effect. By compositio
Albite
…iridescent varieties of albite, discovered in 1925 near the White Sea coast by academician Alexander Fersman, became widely known under the trade name belomorite. Mineral galleries…
Belomorite (Karelia, Chupinskaya Bay)
Belomorite (Chupa Bay, Karelia)
Ceylon «belomorite» («Ceylon opal»)