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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A porphyritic dike rock ... that is coarse-grained and composed almost wholly of albite.  3, record 1, English, - albitite

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Other common accessory minerals are muscovite, garnet, apatite, quartz, and opaque oxides.  4, record 1, English, - albitite

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roche intrusive de filon, à grain grossier, constituée presqu'exclusivement d'albite.  3, record 1, French, - albitite

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Les autres minéraux accessoires peuvent être de la muscovite, du grenat, de l'apatite, du quartz et des oxydes opaques.  3, record 1, French, - albitite

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of a rock in which albite has introduced or has replaced a more calcic plagioclase.  5, record 2, English, - albitized

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The host rock that had originally granitic composition is highly albitized, irregularly carbonatized and locally silicified. The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by entire or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the pristine rocks.  6, record 2, English, - albitized

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Pericline is probably an albitized oligoclase.  7, record 2, English, - albitized

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albitized: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 2, English, - albitized

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Se dit d'une roche ayant subi une albitisation, c'est-à-dire dont les feldspaths ont été transformés en albite.  3, record 2, French, - albitis%C3%A9

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Il y a dans l'ensemble une bonne relation entre l'extension en surface des différents faciès granitiques et leur altitude d'affleurement, les faciès albitisés se rencontrant en général à plus de 500 m d'altitude, les faciès non albitisés en dessous [...]  4, record 2, French, - albitis%C3%A9

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Pegmatites albitisées à spodumène, muscovite, rare lépidolite [...]  5, record 2, French, - albitis%C3%A9

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Les épontes albitisées renferment 6 g/t d'or.  5, record 2, French, - albitis%C3%A9

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albitisé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 2, French, - albitis%C3%A9

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A colorless or milky-white triclinic mineral belonging to the feldspar group and corresponding to the Na-rich end member of the alkalic feldspars.  2, record 3, English, - albite

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albite: Named from the Latin Albus, white, the common color of the mineral.  2, record 3, English, - albite

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Chemical formula: NaAlSi₃O₈ or Na(Si₃ AlO₈)  2, record 3, English, - albite

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Minéral du système triclinique correspondant au terme sodique des feldspaths alcalins et se présentant sous forme de cristaux blanc laiteux ou incolores.  2, record 3, French, - albite

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L'albite et les autres plagioclases sont souvent associés en des macles multiples ou polysynthétiques [...]. L'albite, le plus sodique, tire son nom de sa teinte blanche qui s'oppose aux teintes crème ou rose des feldspaths potassiques [...] éclat vitreux : n = 1,53. d = 6,5 [...]  3, record 3, French, - albite

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Étymologie : du latin albus, «blanc».  4, record 3, French, - albite

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Formule chimique : Na(Si₃AlO₈) ou NaAlSi₃O₈  2, record 3, French, - albite

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Plagioclasa sódica de la serie de las plagioclasas. Cristaliza en el sistema triclínico. Incoloro o blanco, de brillo vítreo, ligero y duro.  2, record 3, Spanish, - albita

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La albita forma masas laminares exfoliables o bien cristales que son generalmente translúcidos o transparentes, aunque también los hay opacos; esos cristales, cuya simetría es triclínica, se presentan con frecuencia en forma de maclas; al ser fundidos dan un vidrio que es inatacable por los ácidos.  3, record 3, Spanish, - albita

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Introduction of, or replacement by, albite, usually replacing a more calcic plagioclase.  4, record 4, English, - albitization

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Albitization ... may result from the introduction of sodium or from removal of calcium from plagioclase-bearing rocks. Albitization is found adjacent to some gold deposits, often replacing potash feldspar ...  5, record 4, English, - albitization

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In the case of peralkaline systems, greisenization is rare and alteration is dominated instead by albitization (sodium metasomatism).  3, record 4, English, - albitization

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Substitution d'un feldspath très sodique, l'albite, à des feldspaths calco-sodiques, par stockage momentané et action du sodium.  2, record 4, French, - albitisation

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[...] carbonatisation et albitisation dans les shales noirs au contact des filons de calcite; [...]  3, record 4, French, - albitisation

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Dans le cas des systèmes hyperalcalins, la greisenification est rare et l'altération est plutôt caractérisée par une albitisation (métasomatisme sodique).  4, record 4, French, - albitisation

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Transformación al cabo de la cual un feldespato queda convertido en albita.  2, record 4, Spanish, - albitizaci%C3%B3n

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Granite in which quartz and potassic feldspar are accompanied by accessory albite rather than the usual oligoclase or andesine.  2, record 5, English, - albite%20granite

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The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by complete or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the original rocks.  3, record 5, English, - albite%20granite

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'albitisation des roches granitiques a produit de la syénite à albite et du granite à albite par remplacement métasomatique partiel ou complet du quartz, du microcline et de la perthite présente dans les roches d'origine.  1, record 5, French, - granite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albite : [...] Constituant essentiel des andésites, syénites, rhyolites, des granites et pegmatites [...]  2, record 5, French, - granite%20%C3%A0%20albite

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by complete or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the original rocks.  1, record 6, English, - albite%20syenite

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'albitisation des roches granitiques a produit de la syénite à albite et du granite à albite par remplacement métasomatique partiel ou complet du quartz, du microcline et de la perthite présente dans les roches d'origine.  1, record 6, French, - sy%C3%A9nite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albite : [...] Constituant essentiel des andésites, syénites, rhyolites, des granites et pegmatites [...]  2, record 6, French, - sy%C3%A9nite%20%C3%A0%20albite

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

If the regions are related such that they share a common c direction, the twin plane being the old mirror plane of the monoclinic structure, the twin is termed an albite twin.  2, record 7, English, - albite%20twin

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Albite twin. The plagioclase feldspars, particularly albite ..., are frequently twinned on the albite law ... where the twin-plane and composition plane is (010). This twinning is often repeated to give a series of five lamellae, seen in the hand specimens as striations...; such twinning is usually called "polysynthetic" or "lamellar" twinning.  3, record 7, English, - albite%20twin

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La macle de l'albite, dite encore polysynthétique, donne en lumière polarisée une alternance de bandes claires et foncées.  1, record 7, French, - macle%20de%20l%27albite

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

macle : Assemblage régulier de deux ou plusieurs individus cristallins de même nature. [...] Ces macles sont très fréquentes dans les minéraux (ex. gypse, quartz, pyrite, aragonite, rutile, albite, péricline, fluorite, or, etc.).  2, record 7, French, - macle%20de%20l%27albite

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish