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albitical

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al·bite   (āl'bīt)   
n.  A widely distributed white feldspar, NaAlSi3O8, that is one of the common rock-forming plagioclase group.

[Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots + -ite1.]
al·bit'ic (-bĭt'ĭk), al·bit'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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