Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of transforming into albite; the alteration of some preëxisting mineral, such as lime-soda-feldspar, into albite.
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- noun mineralogy
conversion intoalbite
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Better mineralization displays sericite alteration and occasionally albitization and the presence of increased sulphides including pyrite, pyrrhotite and especially arsenopyrite.
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