Formula : NaAl(SiO3)2
Family:
Space group:
Monoclinic - Prismatic H-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c
Dana class:
65.1.3c.1 (65) Inosilicate Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 (65.1) with chains P=2 (65.1.3c)C2/c clinopyroxenes (Na clinopyroxenes)
High temperature:
The stability of this mineral is this mineral is limited to high temperature and high pressures :above 5 kbar at 400C (Albite => Jadeite+Quartz) and this reaction ispressure dependant.
Geological context:
In high-pressure metamorphic rocks of the glaucophane facies; a component of eclogitic rocks.
Dernière mise à jour le 25.01.2021