albite
noun
albite is a noun meaning “A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-L-B-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of albite is albites.
What does albite mean?
noun
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A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of albite
- albites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is albite?
Albite appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Albite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense plagioclase feldspar:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does albite come from?
From Latin albus (“white”), the common color of the mineral, + -ite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).