| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| albite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·bite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l b t |
| NOUN: | A widely distributed white feldspar, NaAlSi3O8, that is one of the common rock-forming plagioclase group. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin albus, white; see albho- in Appendix I + –ite1. | | OTHER FORMS: | al·bitic (-b tk) , al·biti·cal (--k l) —ADJECTIVE
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